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Saint-Malo (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 48 38 10 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 48.6361 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 00 18 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.0049 decimal degrees |
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Note: Named after Maclou, a Welsh monk who fled to Brittany; became part of France in 1491; prospered as center for navigators, traders & privateers 17th-18th cen.; birthplace of 16th-cen. explorer Jacques Cartier; largely destroyed during WW II, later rebuilt. |
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| Saint-Malo (preferred,C,V)
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| St. Malo (C,V)
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| Aletae (H,O)
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| Maclopolis (H,O)
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| Maclovia (H,O)
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| Macloviopolis (H,O)
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| Maclovium (H,O)
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| Sanmaclovium (H,O)
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| s. Maclovii fanum (H,O)
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Brittany (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 6th cen. |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| fishing community (C) |
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| episcopal see (H) |
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12th cen.- 1790 |
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