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 |
Havre climate diagram |
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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