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Commune of Saint-Malo |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Bretagne | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine (sous-préfecture) |
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| Arrondissement | Saint-Malo | |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
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| Intercommunality | Saint-Malo Agglomération | |
| Mayor | René Couanau (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 0–51 (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Ille-et-Vilaine (Il-ha-Gwilen is a department of France, located in the region of Bretagne in the northwest of France. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Saint-Malo is an arrondissement of France located in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in the Bretagne The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The canton of Saint-Malo-Nord is a canton of France, located in the Arrondissement of Saint-Malo, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département The canton of Saint-Malo-Sud is a canton of France, located in the Arrondissement of Saint-Malo, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 8) |
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| Land area¹ | 36. 58 km² | |
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50,675 | |
| - Density | 1,385/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 35288/ 35400 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | ||
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Saint-Malo (Breton: Sant-Maloù; Gallo: Saent-Malô) is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany Gallo is a regional language of France. Gallo is a Romance language, one of the oïl languages. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. It is a sous-préfecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine département. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Ille-et-Vilaine (Il-ha-Gwilen is a department of France, located in the region of Bretagne in the northwest of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division
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Demographics
Saint-Malo has 50,000 inhabitants (50,675, as of the census of 1999), but that number can increase to up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population With the suburbs included, the population is about 135,000.
Inhabitants of Saint-Malo are called Malouins.
History
Saint-Malo during the Middle Ages was a fortified island at the mouth of the Rance River, controlling not only the estuary but the open sea beyond. The Rance is a River of northwestern France. It flows into the English Channel between Dinard and Saint-Malo. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open The promontory fort of Aleth, south of the modern centre in what is now the Saint-Servan district, commanded approaches to the Rance even before the Romans, but modern Saint-Malo traces its origins to a monastic settlement founded by Saint Aaron and Saint Brendan early in the 6th century. A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land thus utilizing the topography to reduce Saint-Servan is a town of western France, in Brittany, situated 2 miles from the Ferry port of St Malo. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Monasticism (from Greek μοναχός, monachos, derived from Greek monos, alone is the religious practice in which one For Saint Aaron of Caerleon see Julius and Aaron Saint Aaron of Aleth (or in Breton, Saint Aihran) was a mid- Sixth Saint Brendan of Clonfert or Bréanainn of Clonfert (c 484 &ndash c The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Its name is derived from a man said to have been a follower of Brendan, Saint Malo. Saint Malo (also known as Maclou or Mac'h Low and in Latin, as Maclovius or Machutus) was the mid-6th century founder of Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo had a tradition of asserting its autonomy in dealings with the French authorities and even with the local Breton authorities. From 1590–1594, Saint-Malo declared itself to be an independent republic, taking the motto "not French, not Breton, but Malouins". A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its
Saint-Malo became notorious as the home of the corsairs, French privateers and sometimes pirates. Corsairs were French Privateers from the north-western French port of St-Malo, located on the northern coast of Brittany. A privateer was a private Warship authorized by a country's Government by Letters of marque to attack foreign shipping Piracy is Robbery committed at sea or sometimes on shore without a commission from a sovereign Nation (as distinct from Privateering (In the nineteenth century the city's "piratical" notoriety was portrayed in Jean Richepin's play Le flibustier and in César Cui's like-named opera derived therefrom. Jean Richepin (4 February 1849 - 12 December 1926 French Poet, Novelist and Dramatist, the son of an army doctor was born at Medea César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Le flibustier is a comédie lyrique (lyric comedy in three acts composed by César Cui during 1888-1889 ) The corsairs of Saint-Malo not only forced English ships passing up the Channel to pay tribute, but also brought wealth from further afield. Corsairs were French Privateers from the north-western French port of St-Malo, located on the northern coast of Brittany. Jacques Cartier, who sailed the Saint Lawrence River and visited the sites of Quebec City and Montreal — and is thus credited as the discoverer of Canada, lived in and sailed from Saint-Malo, as did the first colonists to settle the Falklands – hence the islands' French name Îles Malouines, which gave rise to the Spanish name Islas Malvinas. Jacques Cartier (December 31 1491&ndashSeptember 1 1557 was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France Saint Lawrence River (in French: fleuve Saint-Laurent; Kahnawáˀkye in Tuscarora, Kaniatarowanenneh meaning big waterway Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
The commune of Saint-Servan was merged, together with Paramé, and became the commune of Saint-Malo in 1967. Saint-Servan is a town of western France, in Brittany, situated 2 miles from the Ferry port of St Malo. Saint-Malo ( Breton: Sant-Maloù; Gallo: Saent-Malô) is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern
Saint Malo was the site of an Anglo-French summit in 1998 which lead to a significant agreement regarding European defence policy. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The European Security and Defence Policy or ESDP is a major element of the Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar of the European Union British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac stated that "the [European] Union must have the capacity for autonomous action, backed up by credible military forces, the means to decide to use them, and a readiness to do so, in order to respond to international crises". Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to
Food
Saint-Malo has one of the highest concentration of sea food restaurants in Europe. It is famous for its local oysters from the nearby village of Cancale.
Sites of interest
Now inseparably attached to the mainland, Saint-Malo is the most visited place in Brittany. Mainland is usually the Continental part of a region as opposed to the Islands nearby Sites of interest include:
- The walled city (La Ville Intra-Muros)
- The château of Saint-Malo, part of which is now the town museum. See also List of cities with defensive walls A defensive wall is a Fortification used to defend a city or settlement from potential aggressors For other senses of this word see Château (disambiguation. A château (plural châteaux) is a Manor house or residence
- The Solidor Tower in Saint-Servan is a fourteenth century building which holds a collection tracing the history of voyages around Cape Horn. Solidor Tower (in French tour Solidor) is a strengthened keep with three linked towers located in the estuary of the river Rance in Brittany. Saint-Servan is a town of western France, in Brittany, situated 2 miles from the Ferry port of St Malo. Cabo de Hornos redirects here for the Chilean commune see Cabo de Hornos Chile. Many scale models, nautical instruments and objects made by the sailors during their crossing or brought back from foreign ports invoke thoughts of travel aboard extraordinary tall ships at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. A scale model is a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object. A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail Schooners Brigantines Brigs and
- The tomb of the writer Chateaubriand on the Ile du Grand Bé
- The Petit Bé
- The Cathedral of St. Vincent
- The Privateer's House ("La Demeure de Corsaire"), a ship-owner's town house built in 1725, shows objects from the history of privateering, weaponry and ship models. Grand Bé is a Tidal island near Saint-Malo, France. It is located at the mouth of the Rance River, a few hundred Meters from the walls Petit Bé is a Tidal island near Saint-Malo, France, close to the larger island of Grand Bé. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral Saint Vincent Ferrer ( Valencian: Sant Vicent Ferrer; 23 January 1350 &ndash 5 April 1419) was a Valencian
Miscellaneous
Saint-Malo was the birthplace of:
- Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), explorer of Canada. Jacques Cartier (December 31 1491&ndashSeptember 1 1557 was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France This list of explorers is sorted by surname See also the links below. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
- Jacques Gouin de Beauchene (1652-1730), explorer of the Falkland Islands
- Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759), mathematician and astronomer
- Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699-1753), sailor and administrator
- François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848), writer and diplomat
- Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724-1772), explorer
- Robert Surcouf (1773-1827), sailor, trader, ship-owner and corsair
- Hughes Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782-1854), priest, philosophical and political writer
- Louis Duchesne (1843-1922), historian, French academia. This list of explorers is sorted by surname See also the links below. Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis ( July 17, 1698 &ndash July 27, 1759) was a French Mathematician, Philosopher A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of Mathematics. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais ( comte de La Bourdonnais) ( Saint-Malo, 11 February 1699 &ndash Paris, 10 November Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne ( May 22, 1724 - June 12, 1772) was a French explorer Surcouf redirects here for ships of this name see French ship Surcouf. A Shipowner is the owner of a commercial Ship. In the commercial sense of the term a shipowner is someone who equips and exploits a ship usually for delivering Corsairs were French Privateers from the north-western French port of St-Malo, located on the northern coast of Brittany. Hughes Felicité Robert de Lamennais, also known as Frédéric de La Mennais ( June 19, 1782 - February 27, 1854) was Abbé Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne ( September 13, 1843 - April 21, 1922) was a French priest philologist, teacher and
Twin towns
Port-Louis, Mauritius (1999)
Gallery
 Old map of Saint-Malo |
 The "Fort National" visible from Saint-Malo |
 View up a typical city street towards the cathedral |
 View of the city from the walls |
 Cathedral window |
 The city wall of St Malo. Mauritius (pronounced məˈrɪʃəs L’île Maurice /il mɔ'ʁis/ Mauritian Creole: Maurice) officially the Republic of Mauritius, République |
 Commemoration of the Cartier expedition in the floor of the cathedral. |
See also
- Saint-Servan
- Rothéneuf
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Battle for Brest
- Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
External links
- Town hall's website (French)
- St. Malo: Capital of the corsaires Images and information
- Pictures from Saint Malo
- French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Malo (French)
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