[146] The museum was destroyed during Allied bombings on 5 September 1944. In 2005, UNESCO inscribed the central city of Le Havre as a World Heritage Site. This finance agreement provides more than 340 million euros for the housing estates in the northern districts, where about 41,000 people reside. Train timetables Rouen-Le Havre Monday 11 January 2021; Departure Arrival … According to the records of the meteorological station of the Cap de la Heve (from 1961 to 1990), the temperature drops below 0 Â°C (32 Â°F) on 24.9 days per year and it rises above 25 Â°C (77 Â°F) on 11.3 days per year. In July, detective novels are featured in the Polar room at the Beach hosted by The Black Anchors. ', 'How much should I expect to pay? Other industries are dispersed throughout the Le Havre agglomeration: the Brûlerie du Havre, which belongs to Legal-Legoût, located in the district of Dollemard that roasts coffee, Sidel located both in the industrial area of Port of Le Havre and Octeville-sur-Mer designs and manufactures blow moulding machines and complete filling line machines for plastic bottles. [66][74] Going from 16.7% to 21.7% of the labour force, the rate of unemployment has increased between 2007 and 2017, and it remains higher than in the rest of the country (13.9%). After Reims, it is also the second largest subprefecture in France. It is also on the coast that there are two fortifications of the city, Forts Sainte-Adresse and Tourneville, and the main cemetery (Sainte-Marie cenetery). After Reims, it is also the second largest subprefecture in France. [39] This area of 133 hectares is one of the few inscribed contemporary sites in Europe. The impressionist paintings collections are the second most extensive in France after those of the Orsay Museum in Paris. ST-488 was delivered May 1944 and served in the United States Army from October 1944 to 1946 in the French port of Le Havre and on the floating docks of the U.S. Mulberry harbour of Arromanches in Normandy. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. It is also the capital of the Arrondissement of Le Havre which includes 20 Cantons and 176 communes. Since 1 June 2006 a Biennale of contemporary Art has been organized by the group Partouche. The private clinic of Ormeaux is located in the neighbourhood of Eure. The urban area of Le Havre corresponds roughly to the territory of the Agglomeration community of Le Havre (CODAH)[9] which includes 17 communes and 250,000 people. Founded in 1881 but heavily damaged during World War II, the Museum of Natural History is housed in Le Havre's former law courts, built in the mid-18th century; the façade and monumental staircase are listed as historical monuments. This School had over 2,800 students on its five campuses (Le Havre, Caen, Deauville, Oxford and Paris ) in 2015. [76] The Jules Valles college in Caucriauville is classified as a sensitive institution and eleven colleges are in a priority education zone (ZEP). Le Havre experienced a population boom in the second half of the 19th century. When founded in 1517, the city was named Franciscopolis after Francis I of France. Museum of modern art André Malraux - MuMa, ibis Styles le Havre Centre Auguste Perret, There is a social distancing requirement of 1 metre. Higher Education is represented by the University of Le Havre which employs 399 permanent professors and 850 lecturers[133] as well as by engineering companies like Auxitec and SERO. The playwright Jacques-François Ancelot (1794–1854) was also a native of Le Havre. [48] In their extension North-west between Bleville and Octeville airport a new area is being developed: "Les Hauts de Bleville". Since 2006, weekends of freestyle board sports have been popular (skateboarding, rollerblading, funboard, kiteboarding, skydiving etc.). Rouen-Rive-Droite (Rouen) [27] A Carbon accounting showed in 2009 that the municipality ejected some 32,500 tonnes of CO2 per year. They are currently represented by Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo and Jean-Paul Lecoq. The West Park Festival, after its inauguration in 2004, has been held in the park of the town hall of Harfleur. It was from the end of the 18th century that Le Havre started growing and the port took off first with the slave trade then other international trade. Services depart five times a day, and operate every day. It is named after André Malraux, Minister of Culture when the museum was opened in 1961. The two largest employers in the service sector are the Groupe Hospitalier du Havre with 4,384 staff[131] and the City of Le Havre with 3,467 permanent employees. Bombed in 1941, it lost its pediment, its bell tower, and roof. The Club Nautique Le Havrais (CNH) is the centre of mixed swimming, synchronized swimming, and men's water polo. The city and port were founded by King Francis I in 1517. A total of 28 industrial establishments manufacture plastics in the Le Havre area many of which are classed as SECESO. À Rouen, les faux policiers complices des cambrioleurs repartent avec le butin 28 janv. [13][14], 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). North of the station, another construction project in place of the dilapidated island of Turgot-Magellan will be opened in 2013,[43] including 12,500 m2 (135,000 sq ft) of office space and an eight-storey hotel, complete with shops on the ground-floor. A great option if you don't have a driver's licence or want to avoid public transport. The port tradition in many of the groups was repeated in the unused sheds of the port, such as Bovis hall which could hold 20,000 spectators. Finally 800 people study in paramedical and social schools mostly in the IFSI (Institute of Training in Nursing) which has approximately 600 students. It allows the demolition and rebuilding of more than 1,700 homes. After Reims, it is also the second largest subprefecture in France. 22 trains effectuent le trajet Rouen - Le Havre chaque jour. Exterior view Menton - Paris Gare de Lyon, Take the train from Rouen Rive Droite to Le Havre, Take the rideshare from Rouen to Le Havre. The Le Havre economy is far from decision centres which are located mainly in Paris and major European economic cities. All Ouibus stations are located close to town centres for easy access to public transport. It offers 120 Diplomas of State prepared by the Faculty of Science and Technology, Faculty of International Affairs, and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Rouen to Le Havre bus services, operated by Blablabus, depart from Rouen station. In Rouge Brésil (Red Brazil), winner of the Goncourt Prize in 2001, Jean-Christophe Rufin describes Le Havre in the 16th century as the port of departure of French expeditions to the New World: the hero Villegagnon leaves of the port to conquer new lands for the French crown which become Brazil. What are the Rouen to Le Havre train times and schedule? [118] It represents 60% of total French container traffic with nearly 2.2 million Twenty-foot equivalent unit|EVP]s in 2011. It was organized by the Coup de Bleu association whose former president was head of music Café L'Agora in the Niemeyer Centre which produced the new Le Havre scene. As the station is the gateway to the city with the main avenues intersecting here. The buildings, usually in brick, dated to the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. The bus station, certified NF since 2005, has been refurbished. Le 20 mars 1847 Inauguration de la ligne Rouen - Le Havre. LE HAVRE. A pool, a shopping centre and a street have been named after René Coty from Le Havre, who served as President of the French Republic from 1954 to 1959. On the beach of Le Havre and Sainte-Adresse there is a jazz festival called Dixie Days in June. It was in Le Havre radio stations that the journalist and television host Laurent Ruquier, who was born in Le Havre in 1963, began his career. Finally, the reconstruction of many districts is a showcase for the architecture of the 21st century. Finally the navigator Paul Vatine, who was lost at sea in 1999, won the Transat Jacques Vabre several times. It also houses the Gosselin collection of 206 model houses created by Jules Gosselin in the 19th century.[148]. [44] The new medical axis around the new Clinic des Ormeaux was built in the neighbourhoods where many homes are planned with the aim of promoting social mix. An "expectation" outside the walls was held on the site of the fort during 2012 and early 2013. Les Bains Des Docks was designed by the architect Jean Nouvel. Martine–Marie Muller tells the saga of a clan of Stevedores from Le Havre in the 1950s to the 1970s in Quai des Amériques (Quay of the Americas). Le Havre appears in several literary works as a point of departure to America: in the 18th century, Father Prevost embarked Manon Lescaut and Des Grieux for French Louisiana. A study by Aphekom comparing ten large French cities showed that Le Havre is the least polluted urban commune of France. The other medieval building in the city is the Chapel of Saint-Michel of Ingouville. The library was lost, along with its collections of photographs, scientific instruments and archives. Découvrez la ville du Havre. The all curved architecture of the "Volcano", designed by Oscar Niemeyer, contrasts with that of the rebuilt centre. The synagogue, located in the rebuilt central city, was visited by President Jacques Chirac in April 2002. The IUT has a total of 1,881 students divided into ten departments preparing for the DUT. La façade reprend en effet l’évolution des ombres des rebords de fenêtre sur la façade, le 3 mars. It is revitalizing areas neglected by industrial and port activities by developing tertiary activities. From 2005, development work for Segregated cycle facilities have increased including a connection to the Greenway which promises to be an important network of quality. It has branches in all districts. ', 'Should I book online before I travel? Le Havre is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. In the 1980s many groups have emerged after a first dynamic development in the 1960s and 1970s. The meeting between Tintin and General Alcazar in Les Sept Boules de cristal (The Seven Crystal Balls) (1948) is in Le Havre, according to notes by Hergé in the margins of Le Soir, the first publisher of this adventure. The main natural hazards are floods, storms, and storm surges. Le Havre is sandwiched between the coast of the Channel from south-west to north-west and the estuary of the Seine to the south. Over 60 percent of its length, as far as Burgundy, is negotiable by commercial riverboats, and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the Rive Droite and Rive Gauche within the city of Paris. During the Second World War the population decreased significantly (a loss of 57,149 people between 1936 and 1946) because of the exodus and bombings. With some flexibility, you’ll get to your destination often faster and cheaper than other means. The philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) and Raymond Aron (1905–1983) taught there. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket? Every summer roller blade events are organized in the city on Friday evening every fortnight and have great success. Le bâtiment ne passe pas inaperçu avec son bel arrondi et les ombres rougeâtres sous chaque fenêtre. A free weekly of information, Le Havre Infos (PubliHebdo group[110]) has been published since 2010 every Wednesday and is available in many places in the city.[111][112]. The city received the label "City of Art and History" in 2001, then in 2005 UNESCO inscribed the city of Le Havre as a World Heritage Site. The city is one hour from Rouen and one and a half-hour from Île-de-France. [21] The lack of watercourses within the commune prevents flooding from overflows. Two other Impressionists, Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) and Maxime Maufra (1861–1918) also represented the port of Le Havre which also inspired Paul Signac (1863–1935), Albert Marquet (1875–1947), and Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958). What are the Le Havre to Rouen train times and schedule? More details Train or bus from Rouen to Le Havre? [88] The campus includes a University Library (2006), a gym, several dining halls with student housing, a structure incorporating a theatre, an orientation service, and student associations. [66][74] The proportion of workers (22.5%) was higher than the national average (19.9%). [73] The population of workers is concentrated in the southern suburbs close to the port and the industrial zone. Discover and book Transfer Rouen from / to Le Havre on Tripadvisor Among the legal services offered there are legal aid services and the application of penalties. Today, Le Havre is known as a water sports and Seaside resort. The trend continued in the 1980s although at a slower pace. Its construction was ordered to replace the ancient harbours of Honfleur and Harfleur whose utility had decreased due to silting. More recently a new tramway system, with 23 stations and 13 km (8 mi) of route,[37] was built, and opened on 12 December 2012. Following the closure of Cabaret Electric which was located in the Espace Oscar Niemeyer in 2011 a new auditorium, Le Tetris, is under construction at the Fort of Tourneville. The headquarters of Delmas (transport and communications, 1,200 employees) and SPB (Provident Society Banking, insurance, 500 employees) have settled recently at the entrance to the city. By early 1795, however, Marat's memory had become somewhat tarnished, and on 13 January 1795, Hâvre-Marat changed its name once more to simply Le Havre, its modern name. The mineral and geological collections were all destroyed, including a rare collection of local mineral specimens of Normandy. [71] Most had North African (5060) or African (3114) origins. Another notable architectural work of the central city is that of the House of Culture built in 1982 by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and nicknamed "the Volcano" because of the shape of the building. A boarding school of excellence, the Claude Bernard college, opened in 2011. [157] Several directors have chosen the port facilities as part of their movie: The city has also hosted the filming of several comedies such as: The film by Sophie Marceau, La Disparue de Deauville, made in 2007, contains many scenes around the port of Le Havre, in the Coty shopping centre of Coty and in the streets of the central city. [95], In the arts, the Conservatory of Departmental Radiance Arthur Honegger is attended by 1,680 students (music, dance and drama). Streets, buildings, and public places in Le Havre pay tribute to other famous Le Havre people from this period: the writer Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843) has a street named after him and a statue in front of the palace of justice alongside another man of letters, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814). Près de 3 000 manifestants dans les rues de Rouen, Le Havre, Dieppe et Évreux. [3], Between 2012 and 2017, the birth rate was 14.3 per thousand and the mortality rate was 10.4 per thousand: even though the Rate of natural increase is positive it does not compensate for the clearly negative net migration rate (-0.7%). COVID-19 Travel restrictions may apply in France. Then came the school of Fauvism in which many artists did their training at Le Havre: Othon Friesz (1879–1949), Henri de Saint-Delis (1876–1958), Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), Georges Braque (1882–1963), Raymond Lecourt (1882–1946), Albert Copieux (1885–1956), who followed the course of the School of Fine Arts of Le Havre in the time of Charles Lhuillier. The distance between Rouen and Le Havre is 45 miles. Numerous roads link to Le Havre with the main access roads being the A29 autoroute from Amiens and the A13 autoroute from Paris linking to the A131 autoroute. The city has been awarded two flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[8]. Logistics occupies a large part of the population and the ISEL trains engineers in this field. Le Havre is dominated by three professional sports teams: the first is the Le Havre AC football team who played in Ligue 1 for the last time in 2008–2009 and is currently in Ligue 2. In the 20th century, Henry Miller located part of the action in Le Havre in his masterpiece Tropic of Cancer, published in 1934. In 2011 there were approximately 12,000 students in all disciplines in Le Havre. [121] At the national level, Le Havre is 200 kilometres (124 mi) west of the most populous and richest region in France: Île-de-France. The Espace Oscar Niemeyer consists of a part of the "Great Volcano", a national theatre seating 1,093[150] (which houses the National Choreographic Centre of Le Havre Haute-Normandie directed by Hervé Robbe) and secondly the "Little Volcano" with a 250-seat multi-purpose hall[150] for live performances. SNCF operates a train from Rouen Rive Droite to Le Havre every 4 hours. What should I do if I have COVID-19 symptoms when I arrive in Le Havre? 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. Rome2rio makes travelling from Rouen to Le Havre easy. It is generally considered a loan from Middle Dutch from the 12th century. [132] The city has long been home to many service companies whose activity is related to port operations: primarily the ship-owning companies and also the marine insurance companies. Two famous historians, Gabriel Monod (1844–1912) and André Siegfried (1875–1959) were from the city. The Magic Mirrors offers many concerts managed by the city and leased to private organizers. The main destination is the Transport hub of Lyon. 3. [158] It was nominated three times for the 37th César Awards. Five newspapers cover the Le Havre agglomeration: the dailies Le Havre libre, Le Havre Presse, Paris Normandie in its Le Havre edition in collaboration with Le Havre Presse and Liberté-Dimanche (communal Sunday edition of the previous three) are part of the Hersant group which is currently in serious financial trouble and looking for a buyer. [citation needed], The southern districts have for some years experienced profound change due to European funding. Among the Norman words most used in Le Havre there are: boujou (hello, goodbye), clenche (door handle), morveux (veuse) (child), and bezot (te) (last born). It is also the last bridge to cross the Seine before it empties into the ocean. There are maritime influences throughout the year. - Wikipedia. Transfer Rouen from / to Le Havre cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. The Army's ST small tugs ranged generally from about 55 ft to 92 ft in length as opposed to the larger seagoing LT tugs. The city hosted writers such as Emile Danoën (1920–1999) who grew up in the district of Saint-François, Yoland Simon (born 1941), and Philippe Huet (born 1955). The transport sector is the largest economic sector in Le Havre with 15.5% of employment. Le Havre had a tramway system from 1894 until it closed in 1957. It is navigable by ocean-going vessels as far as Rouen, 120 km from the sea. Le Havre is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. La volonté d’être utile, le besoin d’appartenir à une entité plus humaine, le désir de partage ont été les motivations qui ont fondé le comptoir. The Hospital Group of Havre is a public health facility managed by a Supervisory Board chaired by the Mayor of Le Havre. The artist lived for a time in the city. If you’re looking for the return train journey, check out trains from Le Havre to Rouen . Thus, the docks have been completely transformed into sports and entertainment complexes (Dock Océane), a mall (Docks Vauban), and an exhibition hall (Docks Café).