Le Havre

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Le Havre

Total population

166,058

Elevation0 m

Land area46.95 km²

WeatherAvg high 59.1°F

Coordinates49.49°, 0.11°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the English Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the busiest port on the northern French Coast and largest container port in France. it is the second largest city in the Normandy region of France with total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation being smaller than that of Rouen.It is also the second largest subprefecture in France, after only Reims. The name Le Havre means 'the harbour' or 'the port'. Its inhabitants are known as havrais or havraises.

Geography

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

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Marie-Aude Murail

French writer

C

Claude Torracinta

Swiss journalist (1934–2024)

Arthur Honegger

Swiss composer (1892-1955)

Casimir Delavigne

French poet and dramatist (1793-1843)

René Coty

17th President of the French Republic (1882–1962)

Jean Dubuffet

French artist (1901–1985)

Paul Frère

Belgian racecar driver and journalist

Raymond Queneau

French novelist and poet (1903–1976)

Madeleine de Scudéry

French writer (1607–1701)

Anne-Marie Colchen

French basketball player and athletics competitor (1925-2017)

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Émile Marcelin

French composer (1906-1954)

Léon Gautier

French archivist and literary historian (1832-1897)

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Émile Topsent

French zoologist

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Roberto Frigerio

Swiss footballer

Julien Faubert

French footballer (born 1983)

André Siegfried

French academic, geographer and political writer (1875–1959)

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

Nearby places in Normandie

• Saint-Barthélémy
  5.1 mi away
• Gonfreville-l'Orcher
  5.7 mi away · pop. 8,961
• Saint-Martin-du-Manoir
  6.4 mi away · pop. 1,459
• Villerville
  6.4 mi away · pop. 591
• Pennedepie
  6.7 mi away · pop. 315
• Cauville-sur-Mer
  7.1 mi away · pop. 1,618
• Honfleur
  7.6 mi away · pop. 6,761
• Rolleville
  7.7 mi away · pop. 1,207
• Équemauville
  8.2 mi away · pop. 1,568
• Manéglise
  8.3 mi away · pop. 1,264
• Oudalle
  8.6 mi away · pop. 479
• Trouville-sur-Mer
  8.8 mi away · pop. 4,624

Browse all places in Normandie →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Le Havre

Bombardements 1944

John Barzman · 2016

Le Havre des drakkars au "Normandie"

Louis Leplay · 1938

Rouen & Upper Normandy

Andrew Sanger · 2013

Normandie, voyage inaugural, Le Havre-New York

Roger SCHALL · 2010

Le Havre to Cherbourg

Earl McElfresh · 2004

Photographie, les débuts en Normandie

Henry, Jean-Jacques. · 1989

La muraille de Normandie

Yves Barde · 1999

Michelin Map No. 513 Normandy (Normandie) France, Le Havre, Caen and Surrounding Area, Scale 1:200,000

2006

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Seen 2026-06-07

Tragopogon minor

Tragopogon minor

Seen 2026-06-07

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-06-03

Noble False Widow

Steatoda nobilis

Seen 2026-05-31

Poplar Leaf Beetle

Chrysomela populi

Seen 2026-05-30

Mottled dingy-brown click beetle

Agrypnus murinus

Seen 2026-05-30

Hare's Tail Grass

Lagurus ovatus

Seen 2026-05-30

European Rose Chafer

Cetonia aurata

Seen 2026-05-30

Broad Centurion Fly

Chloromyia formosa

Seen 2026-05-30

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

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Le Havre, sourced from Wikidata.

• A Summer in Le Havre

  festival

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Gallery

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