Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.ma.lo]; Gallo : Saent-Malô; Breton: Sant-Maloù) is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It is a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine.

Traditionally with an independent streak, Saint-Malo was in the past notorious for privateering (the "cité corsaire"). Today the city is a major tourist destination, with many ancient, attractive buildings.

Population

The population can increase to up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season. With the suburbs included, the population is approximately 153,000 (2011).

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 8811 in 1962).

Inhabitants of Saint-Malo are called Malouins in French.

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 traces its origins to a monastic settlement founded by Saint Aaron and Saint Brendan early in the sixth century. Its name is derived from a man said to have been a follower of Brendan, Saint Malo or Maclou.

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The Irish Times 21 Mar 2025
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Act now to turn ‘freak of geography’ into tidal energy, ministers told

The Times/The Sunday Times 16 Mar 2025
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New Statesman 14 Mar 2025
Yet, of course, when, in 2005, I was invited to become a judge myself, I was flattered and accepted ... In preparation for judging the prize, I read Never Let Me Go for a second time a few months later, all in one take, on a day ferry from St Malo to Portsmouth, and was glad to be in a windowless cabin, not in public, so tearful it made me ... Time was up....
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The Times/The Sunday Times 13 Mar 2025
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The Times/The Sunday Times 05 Mar 2025
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