Saint-Servan
French commune
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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 Seven Years' War, British troops captured Saint-Servan as part of the Raid on St Malo. The British burnt 30 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 commune of Saint-Servan was merged with Paramé, into the commune of Saint-Malo in 1967.[2] Originally, the area was known as Aleth, whose first 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.[3]
Notable people
- Louis Duchesne (1843–1922), historian and writer.
- William Henry von Eberstein (1821–1890), mariner, soldier, and farmer
- Édouard Riou (1833-1900), illustrator
