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Le HavreSeaport city (pop., 1999: 190,905), northern France. It lies along the English Channel and the Seine River estuary, northwest of Paris. The second port of France after Marseille, it serves as a base for exports; it is also an important industrial centre. It was only a fishing village until 1517, when Francis I had a harbour built there. Enlarged and fortified in the 17th century under cardinal de Richelieu and Louis XIV, it was adapted to accommodate bigger vessels in the late 18th century. Most of the city was destroyed during World War II. Later rebuilt, the city's 17th-century church of Notre-Dame is one of the few surviving old buildings. |
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For 2006 Jersey-based Blue Islands have been the only scheduled operator with a three times a week Trislander service to Alderney, now joined by SkySouth with flights to Le Havre and Le Touquet. Montgomery's demand for "one good Pas de Calais port" did not include le Havre because both le Havre and Rouen, two of the largest ports in France, had been allocated to the Americans. NCB Senior Vice President Sheldon Gartenstein arranged over $72 million in September, including his record-setting $53 million first mortgage and $2 million line of credit for Le Havre Owners Corp. |
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