Honfleur

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Honfleur

Total population

6,761

Elevation0 m

Land area13.67 km²

Coordinates49.42°, 0.23°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from Le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. The people that inhabit Honfleur are called Honfleurais.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Erik Satie

French composer and pianist (1866-1925)

Eugène Louis Boudin

French painter (1824-1898)

Madame d'Aulnoy

French writer

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Émile Legouis

French translator and academic (1861-1937)

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Michel-Charles Le Cène

French-Dutch music printer

Alphonse Allais

French writer and humorist (1854–1905)

André Marie

French politician (1897-1974)

Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play

French engineer, sociologist and economist (1806-1882)

Ernest Besnier

French dermatologist (1831-1909)

Henri de Régnier

French poet (1864-1936)

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Christophe Rocancourt

French fraudster

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Alexandre Exquemelin

French, Dutch or Flemish writer

Binot Paulmier de Gonneville

French explorer

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin

French Navy officer

Marcel Pinel

French footballer (1908–1968)

Albert Sorel

French historian (1842–1906)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Recently spotted species

Common Marble

Syricoris lacunana

Seen 2026-06-12

Azure Damselfly

Coenagrion puella

Seen 2026-06-12

Yellow Shell Moth

Camptogramma bilineata

Seen 2026-06-12

marsh mallow

Althaea officinalis

Seen 2026-06-11

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Seen 2026-06-08

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Seen 2026-06-07

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Ischnura elegans

Seen 2026-06-07

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Seen 2026-06-07

Bronze Beetle

Chrysolina bankii

Seen 2026-06-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers