Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo
Saent-Malô (Gallo)
Sant-Maloù (Breton)
Walled city
Walled city
Flag of Saint-Malo
Coat of arms of Saint-Malo
Location of Saint-Malo
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Saint-Malo is located in France
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo is located in Brittany
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo
Coordinates: 48°38′58″N 2°1′34″W / 48.64944°N 2.02611°W / 48.64944; -2.02611
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentIlle-et-Vilaine
ArrondissementSaint-Malo
CantonSaint-Malo-1 and 2
IntercommunalityCA Pays de Saint-Malo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gilles Lurton[1]
Area
1
36.58 km2 (14.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
47,323
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
35288 /35400
Elevation0–51 m (0–167 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Malo (UK: /sæ̃ ˈmɑːl/,[3] US: /ˌsæ̃ məˈl/,[4][5] French: [sɛ̃ malo] ; Gallo: Saent-Malô; Breton: Sant-Maloù) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

The walled city on the English Channel coast had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Allies heavily bombed Saint-Malo. The city changed into a popular tourist centre, with a ferry terminal serving the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, as well as the Southern English settlements of Portsmouth, Hampshire and Poole, Dorset.

The famous transatlantic single-handed yacht race Route du Rhum, which takes place every four years in November, is between Saint Malo and Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "St Malo". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Saint-Malo". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Saint-Malo". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 26 August 2019.