Saint-Servan
Saint-Servan (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sɛʁvɑ̃]; often abbreviated as St. Servan; Breton: Sant-Servan) is a town of western France, in Brittany, situated 2 miles from the ferry port of Saint-Malo. It is renowned for its shops and restaurants.
History
In June 1758, during the
privateers
and a hundred other ships before they withdrew.
Its population in 1906 was 1,965. A trolleybus service to
Saint Malo was introduced that year by Tracteurs Electrique Bretons. They used an electrobus designed by Louis Lombard-Gérin. It followed the route of the existing tramway. Although the route was extended to Paramé in April 1907, the service was scrapped on 5 June 1907.[1]
The
bishop was the 5th century Saint Malo
.
Today, Catholic pilgrims can visit the House of the Cross at Saint-Servan where Saint Jeanne Jugan performed her charitable works for the Little Sisters of the Poor.[2]
Miscellaneous
- Louis Duchesne (1843-1922), historian and writer.
Notes
- ^ Prentice, John R. Prentice. "Tramway Information". www.tramwayinfo.com. Prentice. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ISBN 1-56548-329-4page 20
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "St Servan". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 45.
48°38′10″N 2°0′53″W / 48.63611°N 2.01472°W
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