Havre (city)
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 Location in Montana
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| Foundation : | 1893 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Montana |
| County : | Hill County |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 33 ' N , 109 ° 41' W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 9,621 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 1,069 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.0 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 9.0 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 773 m |
| Postal code : | 59501 |
| Area code : | +1 406 |
| FIPS : | 30-35050 |
| GNIS ID : | 0772203 |
| Website : | www.ci.havre.mt.us |
| Mayor : | Bob Rice |
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Havre is an American city in Hill County in the US state of Montana . It has about 10,000 inhabitants and is the seat of a county administration ( County Seat ).
The eighth largest city of Montana is around 45 miles from the Canadian border. Havre, whose name comes from the French city of Le Havre , was founded in 1893 by James J. Hill on the Spokane – Minneapolis / Saint Paul railway .
sons and daughters of the town
- Theodore V. Buttrey, Jr. (1929–2018), classical philologist and numismatist
- Karan Armstrong (* 1941), soprano
- Philip Aaberg (* 1949), pianist and composer
- Wanda Jewell (born 1954), marksman
- Brian Schweitzer (* 1955), Democratic politician, Governor of Montana
- Jon Tester (* 1956), Democratic politician, member of the US Senate
- Jeff Ament (* 1963), bassist for the rock band Pearl Jam
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