[22] The port was also devastated and some 350 wrecks lie at the bottom of the sea. With approximately 3,000 employees in 2006, the activities of distribution and warehousing provide more jobs,[122] followed by road transport (2,420 jobs) and handling (2,319 jobs).[122]. The debates are generally public except for certain proceedings.[61]. The current policy of the municipality is to build new housing to attract new residents with the goal of exceeding 200,000 inhabitants, a level that was reached in the 1960s. With 25,000 seats, it can host football matches as well as other sporting and cultural events. There are buildings in brick from the 19th century, large developments (Chicago, Les Neiges), worker estates, SMEs, warehouses, dock and port facilities, and transport infrastructure. Updates? At the beginning of the reign of Louis XIV, Colbert decided to renovate the port infrastructure and military: the work lasted 14 years. The Nazis also destroyed the port infrastructure and sank ships before leaving the city. The National Choreographic Centre of Le Havre Haute-Normandie specialises in the creation and production of dance shows. It was assaulted on June 6, 1944 (D-Day of the invasion), by units of the British 3rd Division, with French and British commandos attached. Situated at the mouth of the River Seine, the port city of Le Havre was almost completely rebuilt after World War II. Economic development in the Early modern period was hampered by religious wars, conflicts with the English, epidemics, and storms. [14][15], The upper town to the north, is part of the cauchois plateau: the neighbourhood of Dollemard is its highest point (between 90 to 115 metres (295 to 377 feet) above sea level). NEW 7 HRS AGO $340,000 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,578 Sq. Le Havre was affected by the Wars of Religion: On 8 May 1562 the reformers took the city, looted churches, and expelled Catholics. Ships also went fishing for cod in Newfoundland. The industrial sector, however, remained in a minority in the 19th century: the plants were related to port traffic (shipyards, sugar refineries, rope factories, etc.). Thirteen Corail trains of the ParisLe Havre line link Le Havre station with Braut-Beuzeville, Yvetot, Rouen and Paris Saint-Lazare station. Built in 1987, the Jacques Monod Hospital offers a full range of care in medicine, surgery, gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics, mental health follow-up care, rehabilitation, reintegration, and public health. The city of Le Havre has long been the strongest bastion of the Communist Party of France, who directed it from 1956 to 1995. It was in 1889 that the maritime boulevard was built, dominated by the Villa Maritime. The city was originally named Franciscopolis after the king, and was subsequently renamed Le Havre-de-Grce ("Harbour of Grace") after an existing chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Grce ("our . On the economic front the strong growth seen in the second half of the 19th century seemed to be over. A surrounding gridiron street system allowed for opened shopping areas, far from the dense and overcrowded crannies of the old. The Triangular trade continued until the war and its abolition. Alliance news. The first part of the line connects the beach to the station climbing to the upper town through a new tunnel near the Jenner tunnel then it splits into two: one link going to Mont-Gaillard, the other to Caucriauville.
