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Delano died in France while on a Red Cross mission, expiring at Base Hospital No. 8 in Savenay of Loire ... OF DEATH 1919 PLACE OF DEATH Savenay , Loire Atlantique , France DEFAULTSORT Delano, Jane Category 1862 ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 The Route nationale 165 is a highway in western France. It connects the towns of Brest and Nantes. It is also numbered European Route 60 . The majority of the route is Autoroutes of France autoroute standard. Route The road commences at Brest, France Brest docks passing the visitor attractions Oceanopolis and Botanical Gardens. Thereafter the road turns south crossing the River Elom on a modern bridge the Pont de l Iroise. The older Pont A. Louppe now closed to vehicular traffic lies on the seaward side. The road passes the town of Plougastel Daoulas and alongside the coast a series of submerged valleys in the Parc Naturale D Armorique . The road passes the town of Ch teaulin and a junction with the Route nationale 164 N164 to Rennes and the Route nationale 12 N12 . The former route taken by the N165 is now numbered by the RD770. The road enters the town of Quimper, Finist re Quimper crossing the river Odet. The road now forms the towns eastern by pass. The road continues south east with the old road now the RD783 to the south and after the town of Quimperl it becomes the RD765 where the road crosses the River La ta. The road passes the Airport of Lann Bihou and forms the northern by pass for Lorient over the Rivers Scorff and Blavet past Hennebont and a junction with the Route nationale 24 N24 to Rennes. The old road continues as the RD765 through the town centre of Lorient and Hennebont rejoining the new road after Land vant . The road continues south east to the town of Vannes on the northern shore of the Gulf of Morbihan . There is a junction with the Route nationale 166 N166 . The old road is again numbered the RD765 passing through villages now by passed by the new road. The road by passes the town of Muzillac and crosses the river Vilaine passing the town of La Roche Bernard. The former road is hereafter numbered the RD965. The road passes the town of Pontchateau at Savenay there is a junction with the Route nationale 171 N171 t ... more details
Infobox French commune name La Chapelle Launay image FR eglise ND des Aulnes.jpg image coat of arms Blason la chapelle launay44.svg region Pays de la Loire department Loire Atlantique arrondissement Saint Nazaire canton Savenay INSEE 44033 postal code 44260 mayor Jacques Dalibert term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality Loire & Sillon longitude 1.9706 latitude 47.3733 elevation min m 0 elevation max m 77 area km2 24.82 population 2634 population date 2006 demonym Capellon siens, Capellon siennes website La Chapelle Launay is a Communes of France commune in the Loire Atlantique Departments of France department in western France . See also Communes of the Loire Atlantique department http www.lachapellelaunay.fr Commune de la Chapelle Launay Loire Atlantique communes DEFAULTSORT Chapellelaunay, La Category Communes of Loire Atlantique LoireAtlantique geo stub br Chapel ar Wern ca La Chapelle Launay ceb La Chapelle Launay es La Chapelle Launay eo La Chapelle Launay eu La Chapelle Launay fr La Chapelle Launay it La Chapelle Launay la La Chapelle Launay ms La Chapelle Launay nl La Chapelle Launay oc La Chapelle Launay pl La Chapelle Launay sk La Chapelle Launay sv La Chapelle Launay uk vi La Chapelle Launay vo La Chapelle Launay war La Chapelle Launay ... more details
Jacques Alexis de Verteuil 26 March 1726 24 December 1793 was a French general and chevalier of the Order of Saint Esprit 1770 . Having served in French Canada and Governor of the le d Yeu from 1768, Verteuil was in command at La Rochelle at the opening of the French Revolution . ref Louis Pr vost La Bouteti re, Le chevalier de Sapinaud et les chefs vend ens du centre 1869 15, noting Verteuil s letter book jounal minute in the archives of Vend e. ref He then became a commanding lieutenant general of the Catholic royalist army during the revolt in the Vend e . Captured at Savenay , he was executed as a prisoner of the National Convention for his counter revolutionary activities condemned as a brigand in the Vend e . ref http www.mount royal.ca heritage getperson.php?personID I7566&tree mrll Jacques Alexis de Verteuil ref Born at Beaurepaire, Vend e , Poitou, the son of Leonard de Verteuil, baron de Feuillas 1680 1743 , Jacques Alexis married in August 1754 at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia , Marie du Pont du Vivier de Gourville, ref http gw3.geneanet.org pierfit?lang fr p jacques alexis n de verteuil Jacques Alexis de Verteuil ref daughter of the seigneur de Gourville, a title he inherited. ref http gw3.geneanet.org mlgros?lang en p jacques alexis n de verteuil Jacques Alexis de Verteuil ref Notes Reflist 2 Category French soldiers Category French generals Category People from Vend e Category People executed during the French Revolution Category 1726 births Category 1793 deaths ... more details
Fran ois Joseph Westermann 5 September 1751 &ndash 5 April 1794 was a France French general of the French Revolutionary Wars Revolutionary Wars and political figure of the French Revolution . Biography Career Born in Molsheim Bas Rhin , Fran ois Joseph Westermann entered a cavalry regiment at an early age but soon left the service and went to Paris . He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Revolution, and in 1790 became Secretary greffier of the municipality of Haguenau . After a short imprisonment on a charge of inciting riots in Haguenau, he returned to Paris, where he joined Georges Danton and played an important part in the 10th of August French Revolution attack on the Tuileries on 10 August 1792. He accompanied Charles Fran ois Dumouriez on his campaigns with the French Revolutionary Army Army of the North , and assisted him in his negotiations with the Habsburg Monarchy Habsburgs , being arrested as an accomplice after the general s defection. Denounced by Jean Paul Marat to the National Convention , Westermann succeeded in proving his innocence, and was sent with the rank of Brigadier General to quell the Revolt in the Vend e . Vend e and downfall Westermann distinguished himself by his extraordinary courage, daring maneuvers, and severe treatment of the insurgents. After suffering a First Battle of Ch tillon defeat at Ch tillon , he defeated the Vend ens at Beaupr au , Laval Roquecezi re Laval , Granville, Manche Granville , and Baug , and in December 1793 annihilated their army at Le Mans and Savenay . In a controversial document, the authenticity of which is disputed, Westermann supposedly wrote to the Committee of Public Safety There is no more Vend e , Republican citizens. It died beneath our free sword, with its women and its children. I have just buried it in the swamps and the woods of Savenay . Following the orders that you gave to me, I crushed the children beneath the horses hooves, massacred the women who, those at least, will bear no more briga ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2010 Infobox military person name Jacques Louis Fran ois Delaistre de Tilly image Image G n ral Delaitre de Tilly.jpg 200px caption Jacques Louis Fran ois Delaistre de Tilly birth date birth date 2 February 1749 death date death date and age 10 January 1822 2 February 1749 birth place Vernon, Eure , France death place Paris , France allegiance flagicon France France branch Cavalry serviceyears rank General of Division battles French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Savenay 1793 Napoleonic Wars Battle of Haslach Jungingen 1805 Battle of Elchingen 1805 Battle of L beck 1806 Battle of Vitoria 1813 awards Baron d Empire 1812 laterwork Jacques Louis Fran ois Delaistre de Tilly 2 February 1749, Vernon, Eure &ndash 10 January 1822, Paris became a general officer in the French army during the French Revolutionary Wars . He led a cavalry division in a number of battles during the Napoleonic Wars . His name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe . Service 29 November 1792 Colonel of the 6th Regiment of Dragoons 21 April 1793 General of Brigade 2 December 1793 General of Division 23 December 1793 Commanded troops at the Battle of Savenay 5 May 1801 Commander in chief of the Arm e de l Ouest 11 October 1805 Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Haslach Jungingen ref Smith, p 203 ref 14 October 1805 Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Elchingen ref Smith, p 204 ref 17 October 1806 Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Schleiz ref Smith, p 223 ref 17 October 1806 Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Halle ref Smith, p 227 ref 6 November 1806 Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of L beck ref Smith, p 231 ref 25 January 1807 Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Mohrungen ref Smith, p 240 ref 21 June 1813 Commanded the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Army of the South at the Battle of Vitoria ref Glover, p 392 re ... more details
Infobox military person name Michel de Beaupuy image File Armand Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy.jpg 200px birth date 14 July 1755 death date Death date and age df yes 1796 10 19 1755 7 14 birth place Mussidan death place Val d Enfer placeofburial placeofburial label nickname allegiance Kingdom of France br French Republic branch serviceyears 1776 1796 rank General unit commands battles French Revolutionary Wars br Siege of Mainz 1793 Siege of Mainz Battle of Clisson Battle of La Tremblaye Battle of Cholet Battle of Croix Bataille Battle of Entrames Siege of Angers Battle of Savenay awards relations laterwork Armand Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy 14 July 1755, Mussidan &ndash 19 October 1796, Val d Enfer was a French general of the French Revolution Revolution . Life Republican of noble blood Michel Beaupuy was born in 1755 in a nobility noble family of the P rigord . At age 16 he enlisted as a simple soldier in the King s army, and two years later he became second Lieutenant in the regiment of Bassigny . Republican soldier In 1792, as a commander of a battalion of volunteers from Dordogne , he was noticed and named brigade General in 1793. He participated in the Siege of Mainz 1793 siege of Mainz , then was sent to Vend e with the army of Mainz . He was victorious at the battle of La Tremblaye . He participated in the Vir e de Galerne during the war in the Vend e and was wounded a first time at Ch teau Gontier and a second time during the siege of Angers . In 1794 he was transferred to the Army of the Rhine France army of the Rhine to fight in Germany , and was noticed at Gorick and Forsheim . He commanded the rear guard during the retreat of General Moreau from the Black Forest . It is there that he was killed by a cannon ball in Val d Enfer . Honnors File Mort Beaupuy.jpg thumb left Death of General Beaupuy at the Battle of Entrames Monument at Volgelsheim Construction in 1801 of a monument in Volgelsheim . At the end of the 1850s , the monument was unfinished and cov ... more details
Charles Ren Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches , also sometimes spelled Des Touches , 7 October 1727 &ndash 1794 was a rear admiral in the French Navy . He is most widely known for his participation in the War of American Independence , where he saw action in the Battle of Cape Henry in 1781, and the decisive Battle of the Saintes in 1782. Life Destouches was born in Lu on , in the Vend e region of France , in 1727. He entered the French Navy , and by 1767 was a ship s captain. In 1770 he married a young woman from Lu on she bore him a son, Adrien, in 1772, and died while he was away at sea. After France entered the American War of Independence 1778, Destouches was part of a fleet led by Fran ois Joseph Paul de Grasse the Comte de Grasse that eventually occupied Newport, Rhode Island . ref Revue de Bretagne, de Vend e & d Anjou , pp. 307 309 ref In 1781, now a rear admiral and in command of the Newport fleet, he led an attempt to deliver troops to Virginia to oppose those of the British general Benedict Arnold , who was engaged in the raids against economic and military targets there. This effort failed when he encountered the fleet of Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot in the Battle of Cape Henry , and drew away after several of his ships sustained significant damage. He served in 1782 under de Grasse in the Battle of the Saintes , a decisive naval victory for the British in the West Indies in which de Grasse was captured. ref Morrissey, pp. 50 52 ref Returning to France after the war, Destouches married again in 1785, to Aim e Prudence Genevi ve de Racodet . He was promoted to Chef d Escadre in 1788, having spent 46 years at sea. When the French Revolution broke out, Destouches sided with the Royalists, and was drawn into War in the Vend e counter revolutionary activities in the Vend e in 1793. Briefly imprisoned, he was released by Royalist supporters, and he served as an advisor in the Battle of Savenay . ref Revue de Bretagne, de Vend e & d Anjou , pp. 313 315 ref H ... more details
This page contains a list of current SNCF railway stations in the Pays de la Loire region of France. Loire Atlantique 44 A Gare d Ancenis Ancenis B Gare de Basse Indre Saint Herblain Basse Indre Saint Herblain Gare de Batz sur Mer Batz sur Mer Gare de La Baule Escoublac La Baule Escoublac Gare de La Baule les Pins La Baule les Pins Gare de La Bernerie en Retz La Bernerie en Retz Gare de Besl Besl Gare de Bouaye Bouaye Gare de Bourgneuf en Ritz Bourgneuf en Ritz Gare de Boussay la Bruffi re Boussay la Bruffi re C Gare du Cellier Le Cellier Gare de Chantenay Chantenay Gare de Ch teaubriant Ch teaubriant Gare de Clisson Clisson Gare de Cordemais Cordemais Gare de Coueron Coueron Gare du Croisic Le Croisic Gare de La Croix de M an La Croix de M an D Gare de Donges Donges Gare de Dreff ac Dreff ac G Gare de Gorges Gorges H Gare de La Haye Fouassi re La Haye Fouassi re M Gare de Machecoul Machecoul Gare de Mass rac Mass rac Gare de Mauves sur Loire Mauves sur Loire Gare de Montoir de Bretagne Montoir de Bretagne Gare de Montrelais Montrelais Gare des Moutiers en Retz Les Moutiers en Retz N Gare de Nantes Nantes O Gare d Oudon Oudon P Gare du Pallet Le Pallet Gare de Penho t Chantiers Atlantique Penho t Chantiers Atlantique Gare de Pontch teau Pontch teau Gare de Pornic Pornic Gare de Pornichet Pornichet Gare de Port Saint P re Saint Mars Port Saint P re Saint Mars Gare du Pouliguen Le Pouliguen R Gare de Rez Pont Rousseau Rez Pont Rousseau S Gare de Sainte Pazanne Sainte Pazanne Gare de Saint tienne de Montluc Saint tienne de Montluc Gare de Saint Gildas des Bois Saint Gildas des Bois Gare de Saint Hilaire de Chal ons Saint Hilaire de Chal ons Gare de Saint Nazaire Saint Nazaire Gare de Saint S bastien Fr ne Rond Saint S bastien Fr ne Rond Gare de Saint S bastien Pas Enchant s Saint S bastien Pas Enchant s Gare de Savenay Savenay Gare de S v rac S v rac T Gare de Thouar Thouar V Gare de Vertou Vertou Maine et Loire 49 A Gare d Angers Ma tre cole Angers Ma tre co ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2010 Image Georges cadoudal.jpg thumb 250px Georges Cadoudal Georges Cadoudal 1 January 1771, Brech 25 June 1804 , sometimes called simply Georges , was a France French Brittany Breton politician, and leader of the Chouannerie during the French Revolution . Born in Brech , in Brittany , after completing his education, he remained true to his House of Bourbon Royalist and Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic convictions during the start of the Revolution. From 1793 he organized a rebellion in the Morbihan against the National Convention of the First French Republic First Republic . It was quickly suppressed, and he thereupon joined the army of the Revolt in the Vend e Vend e insurrection , taking part in the battles of Le Mans and of Savenay in December of the same year. Returning to Morbihan, he was arrested, and imprisoned at Brest, France Brest . He succeeded, however, in escaping, and began again the struggle against the Revolution. In spite of the defeat of his party, and of the fact that he was forced several times to take refuge in England , Cadoudal did not cease both to wage war and to conspire in favour of the Royalist pretender Louis XVIII of France Louis, count of Provence . He refused to come to any understanding with the government, although offers were made to him by Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte , who admired his skill and his obstinate energy. From 1800 it was impossible for Cadoudal to continue to wage open war, so he centered his efforts on Conspiracy political conspiracies . He was indirectly involved in Pierre Saint Regent s Plot of the Rue Saint Nicaise attempt on the life of the First Consul , in December, and fled to England again. In 1803 he returned to France to undertake a new attempt against Bonaparte. Although under nominal police surveillance, he succeeded in eluding pursuit for six months, but was arrested for long periods. Found guilty and Capital punishment sentenced to death , he refused to ask for ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Train Express R gional SNCF .png thumb right Train Express R gional SNCF TER Bretagne is the regional rail network serving Brittany administrative region Brittany , in the north west of France . Network Rail class wikitable vatop Line Route Frequency Notes 1 Gare de Brest Brest Gare de Landerneau Landerneau Landivisiau Gare de Morlaix Morlaix Gare de Plouaret Tr gor Plouaret Tr gor Gare de Guingamp Guingamp Gare de Saint Brieuc Saint Brieuc Gare de Lamballe Lamballe Gare de Rennes Rennes 2 Gare de Quimper Quimper Gare de Rosporden Rosporden Gare de Quimperl Quimperl Gare de Lorient Lorient Hennebont Gare d Auray Auray Gare de Vannes Vannes Questembert Gare de Redon Redon Messac, Ille et Vilaine Messac Guipry Gare de Rennes Rennes 3 Gare de Quimper Quimper Gare de Rosporden Rosporden Gare de Quimperl Quimperl Gare de Lorient Lorient Hennebont Gare d Auray Auray Gare de Vannes Vannes Questembert Gare de Redon Redon Saint Gildas des Bois Pontch teau Savenay Gare de Nantes Nantes 4 Gare de Rennes Rennes ... Gare de Redon Redon ... Gare de Nantes Nantes see TER Pays de la Loire line 2 for details 5 Gare de Lannion Lannion Gare de Plouaret Tr gor Plouaret Tr gor Gare de Guingamp Guingamp Gare de Saint Brieuc Saint Brieuc Gare de Lamballe Lamballe Gare de Rennes Rennes 6 Gare de Rennes Rennes ... Gare de Vitr Vitr 9 Gare de Rennes Rennes ... Ch teaubriant 11 Gare de Brest Brest ... Landerneau 12 Gare de Lorient Lorient Hennebont Brand rion Land vant Landaul Landaul Mendon Gare d Auray Auray Gare de Sainte Anne Sainte Anne Gare de Vannes Vannes 13 Gare de Saint Malo Saint Malo ... Gare de Dol de Bretagne Dol de Bretagne ... Montreuil sur Ille ... Gare de Rennes Rennes 14 Gare de Rennes Rennes ... Gare de Vitr Vitr ... Gare de Laval Laval ... Gare du Mans Le Mans see TER Pays de la Loire line 22 for details 15 8 Gare de Rennes Rennes ... Messac, Ille et Vilaine Messac Guipry ... Gare de Redon Redon 16 10 Gare de Saint Brieuc Sain ... more details
cleanup date September 2010 Infobox French commune name Bouvron image coat of arms Blason bouvron.svg region Pays de la Loire department Loire Atlantique arrondissement Ch teaubriant canton Blain INSEE 44023 postal code 44130 mayor Marcel Verger term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality R gion de Blain longitude 1.8467 latitude 47.4186 elevation min m 11 elevation max m 82 area km2 47.63 population 2575 population date 2006 demonym Bouvronnais, Bouvronnaises website http www.mairie bouvron.fr Bouvron is a Communes of France commune in the Loire Atlantique Departments of France department in western France . Geography Bouvron is near the following communes Blain , Fay de Bretagne , Guenrouet , Savenay , Campbon and Quilly . The commune is near the Canal de Nantes Brest and the forest of G vre . Bouvron is situated 36 km to the east of Saint Nazaire and 49 km to the north of Nantes . History The tradition went that the name Bouvron derived from the word bovus lang la ox cf lang fr boeuf because Bouvron was anciently reputed for its fair for the trade of young oxen. and the merchants of these animals were known as the bouverons . But the name Boveron or Bouveron appeared in the texts only from the 12th century onwards, whereas in one text dated 8 May 878 from the cartulary of Redon Abbey , the name Buluuron is used for the estate when it was granted to the abbey, in Redon, Ille et Vilaine . An etymological study reveals that Buluuron is derived from the Gauls Gallic b bronnos , made up of b bros beaver and onnos river . Demography Historic population 1962 2278 inhabitants 1968 2285 inhabitants 1975 2295 inhabitants 1982 2334 inhabitants 1990 2402 inhabitants 1999 2411 inhabitants Places and monuments Monument of the surrender of the Poche of Saint Nazaire the 11th of May 1945 This monument is a reminder that the Second World War in Europe concluded on the 11th of May 1945 in Bouvron, in a field, and not in Berlin on the 8th of May 1945 or the 9th of May for the ... more details
. Railways Auray railway station is located on the Savenay Landerneau line and marks the end of the Auray Quiberon line. The station was inauguerated at the opening of the Rennes Redon and the Savenay ... more details
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