Saint-Servan-on-Sea is an old French commune. It is located on the old Gallo-Roman city of Aleth.

In 1967, it amalgamated with the communes of Paramé and Saint-Malo; it is from now on a district of Saint-Malo.

Already, in 1920, the official name of common was modified of Saint-Servan in Saint-Servan-on-Sea .

Living a long time of fishing to cod and naval construction, Saint-Servan, in crisis because of the lack of transportation routes of the area about 1850, lives to leave number of its servannais towards California at the time of the Loterie of the gold ingots of 1851 to 1853, Cassagne, Miniac, Buisson, Boudan…

Tourist monuments and places

• Turn Solidor
• the Headlight of Low-Fine sands on the quay of the beach of the same name.
• Old Gallo-Roman fortified town, the city of Aleth.
• the marine cemetery of Rosais, vis-a-vis the Rancid one.

Native famous characters of Saint-Servan

Saint-Servan counts among his famous characters:

• the vice-admiral and Minister for the navy Jacques Epron of Horie (1768-1837),
• the rear-admiral Auguste-Léopold Protêt (1808-1862), founder of the town of Dakar
• Edouard Riou (1833-1900), draftsman of the albums Hetzel of Jules Verne.
• Louis Duchesne (1843-1922), historian and member of the French Academy,
• Edmond Miniac, prosecuting attorney at the court of appeal (1884-1947),
• Alexandre Miniac, architect (1885-1963)
• Suzy Solidor (1900-1983), realistic singer.

External bonds

• official site Saint-Servan
• Saint-Servan (InfoBretagne.com)