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    of Saint-Méen-le-Grand are called mévennais in French. Saint-Méen Abbey Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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  • The Canton of Saint-Méen-le-Grand is a former canton of France, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, located southwest of Rennes. It had 11,135 inhabitants...
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  • Saint-Méen otherwise the Abbey of Saint Jean de Gaël (French: Abbaye Saint-Jean de Gaël, later Abbaye de Saint-Méen) is a monastery in Saint-Méen-le-Grand...
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    children above his father's baker's shop in the rue de Montfort, Saint-Méen-le-Grand, near Rennes. His father gave him a bicycle when he was two and after...
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    Brittany in northwestern France. It lies southwest of Rennes between Saint-Méen-le-Grand and Mauron. In the 18th century, a fair was held twice a year in...
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    Sisters of the Immaculate of Saint-Méen-le-Grand. The early records of the first monastery, traditionally founded by Saint Jacut himself and following...
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    was portrayed in Jean Richepin's play Le flibustier and in César Cui's eponymous opera. The corsairs of Saint-Malo not only forced English ships passing...
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    Since they are saints of the "folk", or the populus, they are also called popular saints. Like officially recognized saints, folk saints are considered...
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  • was instrumental in forming a museum in his brother's memory in Saint-Méen-le-Grand. He wrote several books, including Louison Bobet, une vélobiographie...
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    de France was the 93rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between the 1st and the 23rd of July. It was won by...
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