Harfleur is a town and 'commune' of France in the Seine-Maritime département of Haute-Normandie, on the north bank of the mouth of the Seine, about 10 km east of Le Havre, and across the river from Honfleur. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Seine-Maritime is a French department in Normandy. Before 1955 it was known as Seine-Inférieure. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Haute-Normandie ( Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. The Seine (sɛn in French) is a slow flowing major River and commercial waterway within the regions of Île-de-France and Haute-Normandie Le Havre is a city in the northwest region of France situated on the right bank of the mouth of the Seine River as it outlets into the Bay of the Seine Honfleur is a commune in the Norman département of Calvados in France, located on the southern bank of the estuary In 1999, the town's population was 6,000.
History
Harfleur is identified with Caracotinum, the principal port of the ancient Calates. The Calates ( Calètes) were a Gaulish tribe of present-day Normandy. In the Middle Ages, when its name, Herosfloth, Harofluet or Hareflot, was still sufficiently uncorrupted to indicate its Norman derivation, it was the principal seaport of northwestern France. Norman is a Romance language and one of the Oïl languages. The northern Norman can be classified in the septentrional Oil languages with Picard and In 1415, it was captured by Henry V of England. Henry V (16 September 1386 &ndash 31 August 1422 was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century In 1435, the people of the district of Caux, led by Jean de Grouchy, rose against the English. The Pays de Caux is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Haute-Normandie Johannes de Grocheio ( Grocheo) (c 1255 &ndash c 1320 was a Parisian musical theorist of the early fourteenth century 104 of the inhabitants opened the gates of the town to the insurgents, and thus got rid of the foreign yoke. The memory of the deed was long perpetuated by the bells of St Martin's tolling 104 strokes.
Between 1445 and 1449 the English were again in possession, but the town was recovered for the French by Dunois. John of Orléans Count of Dunois ( French Jean d'Orléans comte de Dunois, also known as John of Orléans and Bastard of Orléans) ( November In the 16th century, the port began to dwindle in importance owing to the silting up of the Seine estuary and the rise of Le Havre. In 1562, the Huguenots put Harfleur to pillage, and its registers and charters perished in the confusion, but its privileges were restored by Charles IX of France in 1568. The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth Charles IX (27 June 1550 &ndash 30 May 1574 born Charles-Maximilien, was King of France, ruling from 1560 until his death It was not until 1710 that it was subjected to the "taille. Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year Taille was also a name used in the time of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Baroque Cor anglais. "
In 1887, the Tancarville canal restored waterborne access to the town from both the Seine and Le Havre. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Famous people born in Harfleur
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. David Auradou (born 13 November, 1973 in Harfleur, Normandy) is a French Rugby union footballer playing Paris club Stade Français Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Vikash Dhorasoo ( Telugu:వికాష్ దొరసూ (born October 10, 1973 in Harfleur) is a former French professional Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Charles N'Zogbia (born May 28, 1986 in Harfleur) is a French footballer of Congolese parentage currently playing for the Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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