Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a 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 Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in the department of

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...

, situated in the

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

region of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. The city is located west of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

, on the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

. The city has a population of 242,474 and is the 13th largest city in France.

Urban transport

Bus

Bus services are operated by CTPO, a subsidiary of

Veolia Transport Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev. Veolia Transport traded under the ...

. *1 (

Sainte-Adresse Sainte-Adresse () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, France. Geography A coastal suburb situated some northwest of Le Havre city centre, at the junction of the D147 and the D940. The English Channel forms t ...

(La Hève) -

Montivilliers Montivilliers ( or ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region in northern France. Geography A large light industry, light industrial and farm ...

(Gare)) *2 (Perrey - Gonfreville-L'Orcher (Parc de l'estuaire)) *3 (Grand Hameau - Graville) *4 (Jenner - Perrey) *5 (Sainte-Adresse (St André) - Graville) *6 (Grand Hameau - Gares) *7 (Notre Dame - Gonfreville-L'Orcher (Parc de l'estuaire)) *8 (Gares - Soquence) *9 (Gares - Montivilliers (Gare)) *10 (Montivlliers (Cours Ste Croix) - Gonfreville-L'Orcher (Parc de l'estuaire)) *11 (Octeville (Centre) - G. Brassens) *12 (J. Monod Nord - Gainneville) *13 (Octeville - St Martin du Manoir) *14 (Cité Pelletier - Pissotière à Madame) *15 (Rouelles - Emfrayette) *16 (F. Liszt - M. Bellonte)

Tram

Le Havre has 2 tram routes, serving large parts of the city. Le Havre regained trams on 12 December 2012, after the network was closed in 1957. There is a network of , using Citadis 302 trams. Both tram routes serve Le Havre railway station. *A (La Plage - Hotel de Ville - Gare - Université - Mare Rouge - Mont-Gaillard) *B (La Plage - Hotel de Ville - Gare - Université - Atrium - Caucriauville)

Funicular

Longer distance transport

Car

Numerous roads link to Le Havre with the main access roads being the A13 Motorway) from Paris, linking to the A131 autoroute and A29 Motorway from Amiens.

Rail

Le Havre railway station is the main station, located in the city centre. The station is served by trains to major cities such as

, Rouen,

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

and local services to Fecamp and

Rolleville Rolleville () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village with some light industry, by the banks ...

. Train services are operated by SNCF.

Port

The Port of Le Havre is the largest in France, based on number of containers.

Brittany Ferries Brittany Ferries is the trading name of the French shipping company, BAI Bretagne Angleterre Irlande S.A. founded in 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between France and the United Kingdom, Ireland, a ...

operate a ferry service from

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

with 4 sailings weekly.

Air

Le Havre – Octeville Airport is located north of the city, in

Octeville-sur-Mer Octeville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Octeville on Sea'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France and is twinned with Bourne End (Bucks) in United Kingdom since 2003 and with Furci Siculo (Sicily) in Italy since 2010. ...

Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, ), also known as Roissy Airport or simply Paris CDG, is the principal airport serving the French capital, Paris ( and its metropolitan area), and the largest intern ...

in Paris is away, which offers more international flights.

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, ), also known as Roissy Airport or simply Paris CDG, is the principal airport serving the French capital, Paris ( and its metropolitan area), and the largest intern ...

can be reached by public transport from Le Havre, with a change of train in Paris.

References

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External links

TaM Official site
(French) Le Havre Transport in Normandy