| Havré | |
| Settlement Type: | Sub-municipality of Mons |
| Image Map1: | Havré Mons Hainaut Belgium Map.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Havré in Mons |
| Pushpin Map: | Belgium#Belgium Hainaut |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Province |
| Subdivision Type4: | Arrondissement |
| Subdivision Name4: | Mons |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Mons |
| Coordinates: | 50.4644°N 4.0453°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 17.94 |
| Population As Of: | 2020-01-01 |
| Population Total: | 6211 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 7021 |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Code: | 065 |
Havré (pronounced as /fr/; wa|Avrè) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Mons.[1]
The village's name would likely originate from the old name Haverec. However, etymologists are uncertain about the origin and meaning of the name. Some say it would mean Country of the hops, some other think it would mean cleared ground, and more recently a German line of thought associate it with a German word that could translate to wild ash tree.
Havré is a village situated at the confines of the Borinage and the Centre region. It is traversed by the Canal du Centre and the Haine river. It is situated next to Boussoit, Bray, Mons, Obourg, Saint-Symphorien, Ville-sur-Haine, and Villers-Saint-Ghislain.
Havré was a wealthy municipality from the 19th century to 1950, with forests, salt refinery, tannery, tabac fabric, gunpowder factory, glass factory, phosphate quarry, but mostly thanks to coal mines which employed more than a thousand people.
In 1960, after the last coal mine closed, the village became a commuter-town for people mainly working in Brussels, Mons, and Charleroi.
In the tertiary sector of the economy, Havré counts small and medium supermarkets, and there are retail and handicraft shops. Sport is also developed with infrastructure for tennis, football, and basketball.