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HARFLEUR

Volume 11 · 87 words · 1842 Edition

a sea-port of the arrondissement of Havre de Grace, in the department of the Lower Seine, in France. It is situated on the river Lescarde, at the end of a valley between two mountains which terminate on the Seine. It contains about 400 houses, and 1862 inhabitants. There are several establishments for refining sugar, and some manufactures of china-ware. It is said to be the place where William the Conqueror embarked on his successful invasion of England. Long. 0. 6. 22. E. Lat. 49. 30. 23. N.