Saint-Florent-the-old
See also: Saint-Florent
Saint-Florent-the-Old is a common French, located in the department of Maine-et-Loire and the area Pays of the Loire.
Geography
Saint-Florent-the-old is located at the edge of the the Loire, in the west of Angers. The commune include/understand also a large rural borough " The boutouchère" located at 4 kilometers in the south of the principal agglomeration.
History
The Viking S established there at the 9th century a base from which they carried out their raids in Anjou, Maine, Poitou and on the course of the the Loire.In 1343, salt becomes a state monopoly by an ordinance of the king Philippe VI of Valois, which institutes the gabelle , the tax on salt. The Anjou belongs to the countries of " large gabelle" and includes/understands sixteen special courts or " attics with sel" , of which that of Saint-Florent-the-Old.
At the time of the Revolution, it was one of the high places of the wars of the Vendée.
Administration
Demography
Places and monuments
- the abbey church of Saint-Florent-The-Old, located on a height overhangs the Loire. One can see there the tomb of Bonchamps, general of the Vendean rising, carved by the very republican David of Angers whose father had been pardoned by Bonchamps.
- Bridge stayed of Saint-Florent-the-Old
Personalities related to the commune
- Jacques Cathelineau, Vendean chief, died there of its wounds the July 14th 1793. Its skin to lie in the vault Saint-Charles.
- Julien Gracq, writer was born there and there always saw.
- Katarina Kudelova, artist Slovak plastician of origin lives there since 2006.
- Charles Melchior Artus de Bonchamps, Vendéen general died there of his wounds. Its tomb in the abbey is carved by David of Angers.
See too
- Common of Maine-et-Loire
Bond
- Official site of Florent Saint Old the
- Site of the Tourist office of Saint-Florent-the-Old
- Saint-Florent-the-Old on the site of the national geographical Institute
- Saint-Florent-the-Old on the site of Saint-Florent-the-Old INSEE
- on the site of Quid
- Localization of Saint-Florent-the-Old on a chart of France and communes bordering
- Plane on Saint-Florent-the-Old on Mapquest
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