Le Havre, France

Le Havre is a city in north-western France situated on the right bank of the mouth of the Seine River as it flows into the Bay of the Seine in the English Channel. It is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region. The inhabitants in the city are called Havrais or Havraises. It is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region and the second largest sub-prefecture in France. Its port is the second busiest in France. Since 1974 it has been the see of the diocese of Le Havre.

The city was first called Franciscopolis, in homage to King Francis I, on whose initiative the city was first constructed. A chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce existed on the site before the city's foundation and this denomination gave rise to the port being called Le Havre de Grâce. The shortened name Le Havre as used in modern times simply translates as "the port" or "the harbor".