Plan du Havre de 1530 @credits The name Le Havre simply means the harbour or the port. Le Havre was founded as a new port by royal command, partly to replace the historic harbours of Harfleur and Honfleur which had become increasingly impractical due to silting-up. The city was founded in 1517, when it was named Franciscopolis after Francis I of France, and subsequently named Le Havre-de-Grâce (“Harbour of Grace”) after an existing chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (“our Lady of Grace”).

Plan du Havre de 1530

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The name Le Havre simply means the harbour or the port. Le Havre was founded as a new port by royal command, partly to replace the historic harbours of Harfleur and Honfleur which had become increasingly impractical due to silting-up. The city was founded in 1517, when it was named Franciscopolis after Francis I of France, and subsequently named Le Havre-de-Grâce (“Harbour of Grace”) after an existing chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (“our Lady of Grace”).

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