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    The Port of Le Havre is the Port and port authority of the French city of Le Havre. It is the second-largest commercial port in France in terms of overall...
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    Le Havre (/lə ˈhɑːv(rə)/ lə HAHV(-rə); French: [lə ɑvʁ(ə)] ; Norman: Hâvre [ ˈhɑvʁ(ə)]) is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the...
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    Impression, Sunrise (category Stolen works of art)
    name of the Impressionist movement. Impression, Sunrise depicts the port of Le Havre, Monet's hometown. It is usually displayed at the Musée Marmottan Monet...
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  • Blondin Miguel. It tells the story of a shoeshiner who tries to save an immigrant child in the French port city Le Havre. The film was produced by Kaurismäki's...
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  • Le Havre was founded on 8 October 1517 as a new port by royal command of François I partly to replace the historic harbours of Harfleur and Honfleur which...
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    Astonia was the codename for an Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre in France, during the Second World War. The city had been declared...
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    the head of Chesapeake Bay. It is named after the port city of Le Havre, France, which in full was once Le Havre de Grâce (French, "Harbor of Grace")....
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    operations for the enlargement of the port of Le Havre on the English Channel coast. Rouen had been the main French port up to the nineteenth century,...
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    The Raid on Le Havre was a two-day naval bombardment of the French port of Le Havre early in July 1759 by Royal Navy forces under Rear-Admiral George...
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    The Paris–Le Havre railway is an important 228-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the northwestern port city Le Havre via Rouen. Among...
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  • Le Havre is a city in the department of Seine-Maritime, situated in the Normandy region of France. The city is located 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of...
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    Côte d'Albâtre (category Geography of Normandy)
    Cliffs of Dover on the far side of the English Channel. The Côte runs from the large container port of Le Havre to the small fishing village of Le Tréport...
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  • of the history of the city of Le Havre, France. 1516 – Harbour construction begins. 1520 - Belltower of Le Havre Cathedral. 1524 - Port of Le Havre opened...
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    SS Normandie (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    CGT, she made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings from her home port of Le Havre to New York City. Normandie held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic...
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    French port of Le Havre in order to keep it until France should restore Calais.: 120  French forces ejected the English in 1563 and the Treaty of Troyes...
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    Le Havre Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Havre) is a Roman Catholic church in Le Havre, France. The cathedral was previously a parish church...
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  • at Sandouville in the Seine-Maritime department, not far from the port of Le Havre. Work began on its construction in July 1963 and the factory was in...
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    St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre is a Roman Catholic church in Le Havre, France. From 1945 to 1964, the City of Le Havre commissioned Auguste Perret and his...
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    removal from power of her imperial namesake, the Emperor Napoleon III, was renamed Ville du Havre. It was named after Le Havre, a major port city in the Normandy...
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    99th Infantry Division (United States) (category Infantry divisions of the United States Army)
    99th landed at the French port of Le Havre and proceeded northeast to Belgium. During the heavy fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, the unit suffered...
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    was the name of one of a number of temporary U.S. Army "Tent cities" known as Cigarette Camps situated around the French port of Le Havre following its...
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    Auguste Perret (category Academic staff of the École des Beaux-Arts)
    War II he designed a group of buildings in the centre of the port city of Le Havre, including St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre, to replace buildings destroyed...
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  • reviews of various models of car, new models and vintage classics, as well as tackling motoring-styled challenges and races, and features the use of studio...
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  • Damietta Port of Muuga Port of Tallinn Port of Hamina-Kotka Port of Helsinki Port of Pori Port of Rauma Port of Le Havre Marseille-Fos Port Port of Dunkirk...
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    Bordeaux, Cherbourg-Octeville and Le Havre into major ports. There is a total of 29,901 kilometres (18,580 mi) of railway in France, mostly operated...
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    Ernest Mouchez (category Members of the French Academy of Sciences)
    Franco-Prussian War, he was called upon to make an heroic defence of the port of Le Havre. Returning to his Algerian survey, he brought it to a conclusion...
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    SS Île de France (category Passenger ships of France)
    of the planners visited this extraordinary and trend-setting French vessel. After her sea trials, Île de France traveled to her home port of Le Havre...
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  • Cigarette Camp was one of a number of temporary U.S. Army "tent cities" situated principally around the French ports of Le Havre and Marseilles following...
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    the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the Southwest Line was designed to connect the port of Le Havre to the left bank of the Seine...
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  • Le Havre is a board game about the development of the town of Le Havre. It was inspired by the games Caylus and Agricola and was developed in December...
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