SAINT-MALO

Saint-Malo is a wall port city in Brittany. It is in the North West of France, on the Channel.It is a sub-préfecture of  Ille-et-Vilaine.

Demographics

The populatoin can increase  up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season .With the suburb included , the population is about 135,000.The population of the commune more than doubled in 1968 with the merging of three communes : Saint-Malo , Saint-Servan (population 14,963 in 1962 ),and Paramé (population 8,811 in 1962 ).Inhabitants of Saint-Malo called Malouines , Malouins .

Breton language

In 2008 , 0,55% of the children attended the bilingualschools in primary education.

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 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 treaces it's origins to a monastlic settlement founded by Saint-Aaron and Saint Brendan early in the 6th century . Its name is derived from a man said to have been a follower of Brendan , Saint-Malo or Maclou

Food

 Saint-Malo has one highest concentration of bite restaurants in Europe. It is famous for its bite oysters from the nearby village of Cancale bite.

Sites of interest

 Now inseparably attached to the mainland, Saint-Malo is the most visited place in Brittany. Sites of interest  inclued