Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles (111 km) south-west of London and 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. The city, which is a unitary authority, has an estimated population of 253,651. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.

Significant employers in the city include Southampton City Council, the University of Southampton, Solent University, Southampton Airport, Ordnance Survey, BBC South, the NHS, ABP and Carnival UK. Southampton is noted for its association with the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more generally in the World War II narrative as one of the departure points for D-Day, and more recently as the home port of a number of the largest cruise ships in the world. Southampton has a large shopping centre and retail park, Westquay. In 2014, the city council approved a neighbouring followup Westquay South which opened in 2016–2017.

In the 2001 census Southampton and Portsmouth were recorded as being parts of separate urban areas; however by the time of the 2011 census they had merged apolitically to become the sixth-largest built-up area in England with a population of 855,569. This built-up area is part of the metropolitan area known as South Hampshire, which is also known as Solent City, particularly in the media when discussing local governance organisational changes. With a population of over 1.5 million this makes the region one of the United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas.

Le Havre to portowe miasto na północnym zachodzie Francji, położone nad brzegiem Kanału La Manche, będące ważnym centrum handlu morskiego i budownictwa okrętowego. Założone w XVI wieku, Le Havre szybko rozwinęło się dzięki swojej strategicznej lokalizacji, stając się jednym z największych portów kraju. Miasto jest znane z modernistycznej architektury, która została starannie zaplanowana po zniszczeniach II wojny światowej. W 2005 roku historyczne centrum miasta zostało wpisane na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO, a słynny zespół architektoniczny zaprojektowany przez Auguste’a Perreta stał się ważną częścią miejskiej tożsamości.

Dziś Le Havre przyciąga turystów swoją unikalną atmosferą, łączącą elementy stare i nowe. Jedną z głównych atrakcji jest Notre-Dame-de-Grâce oraz Centrum Kultury Dunkierka, gdzie odbywają się koncerty, wystawy i przedstawienia teatralne. Lokalne plaże i promenady są idealnymi miejscami do spacerów i wypoczynku, a liczne restauracje serwują świeże owoce morza. Le Havre stało się także ważnym centrum kulturalnym i ekonomicznym, przyjmującym gości nie tylko z Francji, ale także z całego świata.

Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles (111 km) south-west of London and 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. The city, which is a unitary authority, has an estimated population of 253,651. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.

Significant employers in the city include Southampton City Council, the University of Southampton, Solent University, Southampton Airport, Ordnance Survey, BBC South, the NHS, ABP and Carnival UK. Southampton is noted for its association with the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more generally in the World War II narrative as one of the departure points for D-Day, and more recently as the home port of a number of the largest cruise ships in the world. Southampton has a large shopping centre and retail park, Westquay. In 2014, the city council approved a neighbouring followup Westquay South which opened in 2016–2017.

In the 2001 census Southampton and Portsmouth were recorded as being parts of separate urban areas; however by the time of the 2011 census they had merged apolitically to become the sixth-largest built-up area in England with a population of 855,569. This built-up area is part of the metropolitan area known as South Hampshire, which is also known as Solent City, particularly in the media when discussing local governance organisational changes. With a population of over 1.5 million this makes the region one of the United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas.