| | # A city on the north coast of [[Normandy]], [[France]] | | # A city on the north coast of [[Normandy]], [[France]] |
| | Since "Le Havre" begins with "Le", a [[definite article]], it follows the same rules as the lowercase "le", i.e. if you were to say "I am from Le Havre", it would be "Je viens du Havre", [[du#French|du]] being a contraction of [[de#French|de]] and [[le#French|le]]; or if you were to say "I am going to go to Le Havre", similarly it would be "Je vais aller au Havre". The same rule applies for other towns, for example [[Le Mans]]. Curiously, The "de + le = du" and "à + le = au" rules don't apply to surnames, so you say "La politique de Le Pen" as opposed to "La politique du Pen". | | Since "Le Havre" begins with "Le", a [[definite article]], it follows the same rules as the lowercase "le", i.e. if you were to say "I am from Le Havre", it would be "Je viens du Havre", [[du#French|du]] being a contraction of [[de#French|de]] and [[le#French|le]]; or if you were to say "I am going to go to Le Havre", similarly it would be "Je vais aller au Havre". The same rule applies for other towns, for example [[Le Mans]]. Curiously, The "de + le = du" and "à + le = au" rules don't apply to surnames, so you say "La politique de Le Pen" as opposed to "La politique du Pen". |
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