Harbor

Havré (in Walloon Avrè ) is a section of the Belgian city of Mons located in Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut.

It was a commune with whole share before the fusion of the communes of 1977.

Etymology

The name of Havré finds its origin in the old name Haverec .

Geography

Harbor is crossed by the channel of the Center. It is located beside City-on-Hatred.

History

To the 12th century, the seigniory of Harbor was given on a purely hereditary basis by the count de Hainaut with the lord of the manor of Mons for holding of this load.

After the first branch of Le Havre, the seigneurery passed successively to Enghien, Harcourt, Dunois, Longueville and finally to the Croÿ which will have it until the end of the Ancien Mode.

Economy

Harbor was a small rich commune of the 19th century until the Années 1950, with its wood, its refinery of salt, its tannery, its factory of tobacco, its powder factory for the cartridges, its glassmaking, its careers of Phosphate but more especially its coal mining which gave work to more than thousand men and women.

In 1960, after the closing of the last coal mining, the village fell asleep to become a village dormitory for the people who will work mainly with Brussels, with Mons and Charleroi.

In the tertiary sector, Havré still has many trade, notammet a post office, some bakeries and three pharmacies.

Population according to the years

  • 1846 : : 2043 inhabitants

  • 1910: : 3689 inhabitants
  • 1961: : 5225 inhabitants
  • 1976: : 5390 inhabitants
  • 1990: : 5500 inhabitants

Famous characters

In 1569, Ambroise Paré, French surgeon of the 16th century, remained with the Château of Harbor: it successfully looked after there Charles-Philippe de Croÿ, marquis d' Havré, who had been wounded of a blow of arquebus.

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