Stairs in Le Havre

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Geography[edit]

Le Havre is naturally separated into two areas by a cliff of 90 m.

The ville basse, or lower city, comprises the port, the city center, and the peripheral regions.

The ville haute, or upper city, is composed of rich street Félix Faure, quiet Sanvic and "sensitive urban areas" (Mont-Gaillard, Caucriauville, and Mare-Rouge). Stairs were built in XIXème, when people begin to live on cliff.

Stairs are listed here from westside (i.e. seaside) to eastside

Escalier Dufayel[edit]

Escalier Bellevue[edit]

Little stairs with no real name, leads from Cavée verte street to Bellevue street

Escalier du Bourgage[edit]

From Impasse Millet to Cochet street

Passage Duflo[edit]

From Belain d'Esnambuc street to Cochet street

Escalier de la côte Morisse[edit]

From Jean Charcot street to rue d'Albion street

Escalier Beasley[edit]

Stairs Beasley begin in Jean Charcot street up to villa Bosphore, in street Félix Faure

Escalier des noyers[edit]

The Escalier des Noyers begins on eastside end of Jean Charcot street, crosses Gabriel Monod street, then finished on Félix Faure street.

Rue des marches[edit]

Rue Germaine Coty[edit]

From Georges Lafaurie street (in front of chapelle Saint-Michel) to Gabriel Monod street, and from there to Félix Faure street.

Rue du Grand Escalier (et rue Escarpée)[edit]

From from rue Georges Lafaurie to rue escarpée, then to rue Félix Faure

Rue Necker[edit]

From rue Escarpée to rue Félix Faure

Rue du petit escalier[edit]

From Georges Lafaurie street to Félix Faure street.

Escalier Boisgerard[edit]

From The docteur Vigné street to rue Georges Lafaurie street.

Escalier des Ormeaux[edit]

Frome Gustave Doré street to escalier Olivier Senn

Escalier Lechiblier[edit]

Au nord-est de l'hôpital général, dans le prolongement de la rue du docteur Le Nouènne, l'escalier Lechiblier longe sur sa droite la rue de l'Aviation et la rue du Beau Site pour arriver aux abords de la rue Georges Lafaurie.

Escalier Olivier Senn[edit]

Escalier de Tourneville[edit]

Escalier Pasteur[edit]

From impasse Berlioz to Pasteur street and from there to rue Pasteur again higher.

Passage de l'Epargne[edit]