Higher Education is represented by the University of Le Havre which employs 399 permanent professors and 850 lecturers[131] as well as by engineering companies like Auxitec and SERO. Today, the commune of Le Havre is divided into eight parishes[113] and 24 places of worship (churches and chapels). The Paris-to-Rouen route would normally take just about 90 minutes to drive, but along the bike paths and small roads, it’s a multiday journey past riverside gardens and villages that allows for quieter moments. It will be one way into Paris as we will be flying out of Paris 4 days later. Every summer roller blade events are organized in the city on Friday evening every fortnight and have great success. [115] It is the seat of the association consistoriale israélite du Havre whose president is Victor Elgressy. [117] The rest of the traffic is distributed mainly to Europe and America. The team won their first major national title, the Coupe de France for women's handball in 2006. Le Havre has experienced many territorial extensions by annexing neighbouring communes: List of Successive Mayors of Le Havre from the French Revolution to 1940[62], The Le Havre Palace of Justice is located on the Boulevard de Strasbourg. The synagogue, located in the rebuilt central city, was visited by President Jacques Chirac in April 2002. The whole Espace Oscar Niemeyer has been worked on since 2011: the little volcano will be transformed into a multimedia library. Between the latter also in the context of Z'Estivales is an event offering many shows of street art throughout the summer supplemented by the festival of world music MoZaïques at the fort of Sainte-Adresse in August since 2010. In 2017 INSEE counted 170,147 people living in the commune of Le Havre,[66] while the urban area of Le Havre had 235,218 inhabitants and the metropolitan area of Le Havre had 288,973 inhabitants. Twelve languages are taught and 17% of students are foreigners. There are two main cultural axes in Le Havre: the central city and the Eure district. The name Le Havre means "the harbour" or "the port". The ceremony was held at the City Hall on 15 November 2009, during a stopover at the Building.[64]. It was scheduled to open in September 2013 with a large festival free-of-charge. The city of Le Havre has long been the strongest bastion of the Communist Party of France, who directed it from 1956 to 1995. Le Havre. Most trains will stop in Rouen en-route. The first International Triathlon was held in 2012. Currently, the musical tradition continues in the Symphony Orchestra of the city of Le Havre, the orchestra of Concerts André Caplet, the conservatory, and music schools such as the Centre for Vocal and Musical Expression (rock) or the JUPO (mainly jazz), associations or labels like Papa's Production (la Folie Ordinaire, Mob's et Travaux, Dominique Comont, Souinq, Your Happy End etc.). HAROPA allows container ships to dock at the Le Havre terminals in 45 minutes, Honfleur/Radicatel in 1hr30 or Rouen in less than 5 hours, without any lock passage on the Seine. Two mystery novels take place in Le Havre: Le Bilan Maletras (The Maletras Balance) by Georges Simenon and Le Crime de Rouletabille (Crime at the Roulette table) by Gaston Leroux. [57] He succeeded Antoine Rufenacht (UMP), who was mayor of Le Havre for fifteen years before resigning, as the head of the municipality. Paris Non-Guided Tour provided by Normandy Private Tours by Navette Plus. More recently a new tramway system, with 23 stations and 13 km (8 mi) of route,[37] was built, and opened on 12 December 2012. Le Havre's beach may rarely experience flooding known as "flooding from storms". The oldest chapel is Saint-Michel d'Ingouville which dates back to the 11th century. Canadian poet Octave Crémazie (1827–1879) died at Le Havre and was buried in Saint Marie Cemetery. From 2005, development work for Segregated cycle facilities have increased including a connection to the Greenway which promises to be an important network of quality. [104] The Stade Océane (Ocean Stadium), inaugurated in July 2012, replaced the Stade Jules Deschaseaux. from $1,566.38* Paris Tour : The City of Light. River Cruisers Should Know! Benoît Duteurtre published in 2001, Le Voyage en France (Travel in France), for which he received the Prix Médicis: the main character, a young American impassioned by France, lands at Le Havre which he describes in the first part of the novel. Tours and Tickets. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. [66][72] Going from 16.7% to 21.7% of the labour force, the rate of unemployment has increased between 2007 and 2017, and it remains higher than in the rest of the country (13.9%). The population of the commune of Le Havre was 191,000 inhabitants in 1999 which placed the city at 12th place among the most populated cities in France and in the first place in Normandy. Paris is located in: France, Normandie, Seine-Maritime, Le Havre. As the station is the gateway to the city with the main avenues intersecting here. The city also hosted the sailing events for the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, respectively. [133], The oldest building still standing in Le Havre is the Graville Abbey. This School had over 2,800 students on its five campuses (Le Havre, Caen, Deauville, Oxford and Paris ) in 2015. The upper town is composed of three parts: the "coast", the suburban districts of the plateau, and large peripheral housing estates. The film Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki received two prizes at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and also the Louis Delluc Prize. The Museum at the Priory of Graville displays many items of religious art including statues, madonnas, and other religious objects many of which are classified by the Ministry of Culture. [13][14], The upper town to the north, is part of the cauchois plateau: the neighbourhood of Dollemard is its highest point (between 90 to 115 metres (295 to 377 feet) above sea level). Stronger connections for a competitive future port focus le havre Haropa ports, which runs the Seine Axis ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, is meeting storage capacity constraints with investment, redevelopment and the application of smart technology As with the other vehicle handling ports in Europe during 2019, ⦠The plateau is covered with a layer of flinty clay and a fertile silt. Among the legal services offered there are legal aid services and the application of penalties. The city of Le Havre is divided into nine Cantons as shown in the following table with the councillors in 2011:[55], For the parliamentary elections, Le Havre spans two constituencies: the seventh (cantons I, V, VI, and VII) and the eighth (cantons II, III, IV, VIII, IX).[56]. There are buildings in brick from the 19th century, large developments (Chicago, Les Neiges), worker estates, SMEs, warehouses, dock and port facilities, and transport infrastructure. [155] Several directors have chosen the port facilities as part of their movie: The city has also hosted the filming of several comedies such as: The film by Sophie Marceau, La Disparue de Deauville, made in 2007, contains many scenes around the port of Le Havre, in the Coty shopping centre of Coty and in the streets of the central city. Maritime. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux. The Saint Francis neighborhood was also rebuilt after 1945[citation needed] but in a radically different architectural style: the buildings are brick and have pitched slate roofs. The bus station, certified NF since 2005, has been refurbished. During the Second World War the population decreased significantly (a loss of 57,149 people between 1936 and 1946) because of the exodus and bombings. Cette nouvelle véloroute traversant 8 départements (Paris, la Seine-Saint-Denis, les Hauts-de-Seine, les Yvelines, le Val-dâOise, lâEure, la Seine-Maritime et le Calvados), met à lâhonneur le ⦠There are also the testimonies of Raymond Queneau (1903–1976), born in Le Havre, the city served as a framework for his novel Un rude hiver (A harsh winter) (1939). $199.99. Following the closure of Cabaret Electric which was located in the Espace Oscar Niemeyer in 2011 a new auditorium, Le Tetris, is under construction at the Fort of Tourneville. [30] Since 2008, Le Havre has been part of the network of Energy Cities and, in this context, it applies the steps of Agenda 21 and an Environmental Approach to Urban Planning. Une belle opportunité pour le territoire dâattirer de nouveaux visiteurs : 7 communes de la communauté urbaine Le Havre Seine ⦠List of public junior high schools (collèges) in Le Havre, List of Public Sixth-form Colleges/Senior High Schools in Le Havre, Private Sixth-form Colleges/Senior High Schools. Associations like LHnouslanuit and Only-Hit have tried to develop alternative and cultural local radio by featuring local community associations (Papa's Production, Ben Salad Prod, Asso6Sons, Agend'Havre, Pied Nu, I Love LH).[112]. [106] The port infrastructure allows for many water activities such as sailing, fishing, canoeing, and rowing. (Make time for the Rouen Cathedral, which Monet painted some 30 times, and to learn about Joan of Arc’s history in this city.) Finally, there are numerous exhibitions in the city such as the SPOT, a centre for contemporary art,[147] art galleries, and Le Portique – a contemporary art space opened in 2008; the municipal library of Le Havre regularly organizes exhibitions. [133] Finally, 140 taxis work in Le Havre and serve 25 stations. For elections to the National Assembly, Le Havre is divided between Seine-Maritime's 7th and 8th constituency. The course of the Solitaire du Figaro was partly in Le Havre in 2010. Since its founding in 1517 on the orders of François I, Le Havre has continued to grow: today it measures 27 km (17 mi) from east to west, about 5 km (3 mi) from north to south with an area of 10,000 hectares (24,711 acres). [18], Precipitation is distributed throughout the year, with a maximum in autumn and winter. Radio Albatros is a local station installed in the Sanvic du Havre district transmitting on FM frequency 88.2. Le Havre is one of two sub-prefectures of Seine-Maritime and the second largest subprefecture in France after Reims. Among the achievements by renowned architects are the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (René and Phine Weeke Dottelond), Les Bains Des Docks (Jean Nouvel). Claude Monet (1840–1926), a resident of Le Havre from the age of five, in 1872 painted Impression soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), a painting that gave its name to the impressionist movement. Lumière sur une initiative exemplaire qui ravit tous les adeptes du deux-roues. Five newspapers cover the Le Havre agglomeration: the dailies Le Havre libre, Le Havre Presse, Paris Normandie in its Le Havre edition in collaboration with Le Havre Presse and Liberté-Dimanche (communal Sunday edition of the previous three) are part of the Hersant group which is currently in serious financial trouble and looking for a buyer. Crossing times to Portsmouth vary from five hours and thirty minutes to eight hours. The Le Havre economy is far from decision centres which are located mainly in Paris and major European economic cities. Booking # Booking number is invalid. [93], In the arts, the Conservatory of Departmental Radiance Arthur Honegger is attended by 1,680 students (music, dance and drama). Photo by David Darrault / La Seine à Vélo. A total of 28 industrial establishments manufacture plastics in the Le Havre area many of which are classed as SECESO. For air transport, there is Le Havre Octeville Airport which is located 5 km (3 mi) north of Le Havre at the town of Octeville-sur-Mer and managed by CODAH. Bouville was the commune where the writer lived who wrote his diary in La Nausée (The Nausea) (1938) by Jean-Paul Sartre who was inspired by Le Havre city where he wrote his first novel. Close to Paris, it connects with the river Oise (linking with northern France) at the waterway capital of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (PK 71) and with the Canal Saint ⦠The impressionist paintings collections are the second most extensive in France after those of the Orsay Museum in Paris. The library was lost, along with its collections of photographs, scientific instruments and archives. The new prison for Le Havre was completed in 2010 at Saint-Aubin-Routot east of the Le Havre agglomeration. The (Institut national des sciences appliquées|National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rouen) (INSA) opened a branch in Le Havre in 2008 with a civil engineering and sustainable construction department. [30] The streets are lined with 13,000 trees of 150 different varieties.[32]. The destruction of the museum was so intense, that all the catalogues, lists of donations, lists of purchases and other archives prevented even a precise inventory of all that was lost."[145]. 1150 km ⦠[35] The Le Havre urban area is served by 165 vehicles and 41 regular bus routes with an average of 100,000 passengers per day. Finally, the company AirPlus provides a shuttle service to the train stations and airports of Paris. [39] The architecture of the area is characterized by the use of precast concrete using a system of a modular frame of 6.24 metres and straight lines.[39][40]. Several newspapers are also available on the Internet: Infocéane, Le Havre on the Internet. Since 23 October 2010 the mayor has been Édouard Philippe (UMP). The lower Seine connects with the Canal du Havre à Tancarville, which offers sheltered access to the port of Le Havre from the northern shore of the estuary at PK 338. La Seine à Vélo follows the Seine River from Paris âto the sea,â making it a cycling route worth traveling for. Le Havre Seine Métropole lâa compris dès 2010 en engageant un programme dâaction ambitieux visant à rééquilibrer son système de déplacement au profit du transport en commun et des modes alternatifs comme le vélo ou la marche à pied. [61] It meets on average once a month at the town hall. The playwright Jacques-François Ancelot (1794–1854) was also a native of Le Havre. The link to Ireland was moved to the port of Cherbourg. The main destination is the Transport hub of Lyon. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre. In commending the reconstruction work UNESCO listed the city of Le Havre on 15 July 2005 as a World Heritage Site. It was organized by the Coup de Bleu association whose former president was head of music Café L'Agora in the Niemeyer Centre which produced the new Le Havre scene. There was also Victor Mustel (1815–1890) who was famous for having perfected the harmonium. The heritage of the 1950s and 1960s which were the work of the Auguste Perret workshop forms the most coherent architecture: the Church of Saint Francis and the Town Hall are the centrepieces. In late October, since 2009, there is rock music festival which has been at the fort of Tourneville since the moving of the Papa's Production association site there. through local travel agencies that charter aircraft. The Espace Oscar Niemeyer consists of a part of the "Great Volcano", a national theatre seating 1,093[148] (which houses the National Choreographic Centre of Le Havre Haute-Normandie directed by Hervé Robbe) and secondly the "Little Volcano" with a 250-seat multi-purpose hall[148] for live performances. [verification needed] There is also the Flying club Jean Maridor at the airport. There is therefore a low representation of head offices in the city with the exception of some local economic successes such as the Sidel Group (now a subsidiary of Tetra Pak) – a distributor of interior furniture, and the ship-owner Delmas which was recently acquired by the CMA-CGM group. Several artists have been produced such as: Youssou N'Dour, Popa Chubby, Amadou & Mariam, Patrick Verbeke etc. The prison, which dates from the Second Empire, was completely destroyed in 2012. [16] Because of the slope the coast is affected by the risk of landslides. The Autumn Festival in Normandy, organized by the departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure, and the Region of Normandy, runs from September to November and offers numerous concerts throughout the region as well as theatre performances and dance. [33] In addition there is a TGV daily service to Le Havre: it has connected the city to Marseille since December 2004 serving Rouen, Mantes-la-Jolie, Versailles, Massy, Lyon, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, and Saint Charles station in Marseilles.[33]. The legacy of the Norman language is present in the language used by the people of Le Havre, part of which is identified as speaking cauchois. Finally 800 people study in paramedical and social schools mostly in the IFSI (Institute of Training in Nursing) which has approximately 600 students. [105] Basketball and Handball matches are playued in the Dock Océane hall (3600 seats) while ice hockey is played at the ice hockey rink (900 seats). Le Havre experienced a population boom in the second half of the 19th century. A blues festival, driven by Jean-François Skrobek, Blues a Gogo existed for eight years from 1995 to 2002. See the famous Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum and much ⦠Between 2007 and 2011, the total length of cycle paths has doubled to 46 km (29 mi) in total length. [121] The port expects 110 cuise ship calls in 2012. The two largest employers in the service sector are the Groupe Hospitalier du Havre with 4,384 staff[129] and the City of Le Havre with 3,467 permanent employees. Finally, Le Havre is the godmother city for BPC Mistral. In 2011 there were approximately 12,000 students in all disciplines in Le Havre. In the city centre, Saint-Roch Square and the City Hall Gardens provide the people with urban recreation areas. The city and port were founded by King Francis I in 1517. [66] The most populous quarters are the city centre, Sanvic, Caucriauville, Anatole France/Danton and Côte Ouest/Ormeaux. For a long time Le Havre has exploited the strengths of its coastal location but also suffered from its relative isolation. The ITIP (National Institute for International Transportation and Ports) prepares students for careers in the multimodal transport and port business. Tickets cost 12⬠- 15⬠and the journey ⦠[66][72] The proportion of workers (22.5%) was higher than the national average (19.9%). Seine-Maritime. No direct rail link connects Le Havre and Caen yet many projects – known as the "Southwest Line" – to link Le Havre to the left bank of the Seine downstream from Rouen, near the estuary of the river, were studied in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century but none have been realized. [127] The AREVA group announced the opening of a factory for building wind turbines: installed in the port of Le Havre, it should create some 1,800 jobs. Le Havre's festival calendar is punctuated by a wide range of events. What companies run services between Le Havre, France and Paris, France? With the demise of the military functions of the city, the forts are gradually being converted: Fort Sainte-Adresse houses the Hanging Gardens and Fort Tourneville hosted the Tetris project in 2013 – an axis of contemporary music with concert halls and rehearsal studios. Sailing events are often held and the Transat Jacques Vabre transatlantic race has been held every two years since 1993 linking Le Havre to Latin America. The name of the town was attested in 1489, even before it was founded by François I in the form le Hable de Grace then Ville de Grace in 1516, two years before its official founding. Le Havre appears in several literary works as a point of departure to America: in the 18th century, Father Prevost embarked Manon Lescaut and Des Grieux for French Louisiana. [30] It is possible to rent bicycles through agencies of the Océane bus or from the town hall (Vel-H)[36] which has them on hand. [51] The common noun havre meaning "port" was out of use at the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th centuries but is still preserved in the phrase havre de paix meaning "safe haven". Founded in 1881 but heavily damaged during World War II, the Museum of Natural History is housed in Le Havre's former law courts, built in the mid-18th century; the façade and monumental staircase are listed as historical monuments. In January 2020 the city had 26 hotels with a total of 1,428 rooms.[66]. [73] The department manages 16 colleges and the region of Normandy manages 9 schools. [28] In 2011 the average annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by industry was between three micrograms per cubic metre in the centre of Le Havre to twelve micrograms per cubic metre in the district of Caucriauville. This development extends the budget for the Grand Projet de Ville (GPV). The church of Notre Dame was promoted to Cathedral Notre Dame du Havre. [17], Due to its location on the coast of the Channel, the climate of Le Havre is temperate oceanic. The center was rebuilt in a modernist style by Auguste Perret. In 1899, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) painted La serveuse anglaise du Star (The English waitress of Star) (Museum Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi) of a girl he met in a bar in the city. The CODAH transport network is called Lia[35] and is operated by the Ocean Port Transport company (CTPO), a subsidiary of Veolia Transport.