About the City
Le Havre is a port city at the mouth of the Seine, on the English Channel. Le Havre is French for "the harbor". Historically, Le Havre has always been the harbor for Paris, with goods transferring there between ocean-going vessels and barges which go to Paris via the Seine.
Le Havre was heavily bombed during the Battle of Normandie. The reconstruction of the town was undertaken by August Perret using reinforced concrete. Le Havre was once synonymous with urban coldness and grayness. The city’s inhabitants have done much to change this, and it has been marked by improvement since then. The city is spoken of now as the Brasilia of France.
