HONFLEUR, a maritime city of France, in the arrondissement of Pont l'Evêque and department of Calvados. It is an ill-built town, situated on the Seine, opposite to Harfleur. There are four churches, 1027 houses, and 9780 inhabitants, who subsist partly by the fishery, and carry on some manufactures of vitriol, of alum, and of lace. The herring fishery is the most extensive. Before the Revolution it was the principal place for the Newfoundland fishery and for the colonial commerce. Long. 0. 3. E. Lat. 49. 17. N.