Havot

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Havot was a French measure of the volume of grain . The measure applied in the Lille region . It has been known since the French Revolution. The origin of the term cannot be clearly proven. Havot can be translated as pot, and it was a quarter of the Rasière , the volume of which around Lille was about 70 liters .

  • 1 Havot = 17.53 liters

literature

  • Bureau des Archives: Archives historiques et littéraires du Nord de la France et du Midi de la Belgique. 1838, p. 78.
  • Société des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille: Recueil des travaux Mémoires. Annee 1838, p. 349.