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Following the trip to Normandy, Honfleur here late in the day, here is a view of the old basin.

Honfleur is a common port Normandy (Calvados) located on the south bank of the Seine estuary, opposite Le Havre, near the mouth of the Normandy bridge. Its 8 177 inhabitants are Honfleur.

She is best known for its picturesque old port, characterized by houses with facades covered with slate, and have often been represented by artists including Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Barthold Jongkind, forming the School of Honfleur which contributed to the emergence of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a tower separate from the main building, is the largest wooden church in France.

The town is ranked four flowers in the competition of cities and villages in bloom.

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