Vannes

Today I did something very strange: a city tour 🚂.

I can't remember when I've done anything like that before. But now the time had come and I sat on a white train and listened to the nice lady's voice in my headphones - now I know!

Vannes (Breton: Gwened) is a French city with 54 000 inhabitants. It dates back to the Gallo-Roman city of Darioritum. In 560, Clothar I defeated the army of the Breton Konomor, under whose protection Clothar's son Chram had placed himself. Nominoë, Count of Vannes in the first half of the 9th century, is considered by some Bretons to be the first king of Brittany.

The independence of the Duchy of Brittany ended in Vannes in 1532 with the meeting of the French King Francis I with the Breton estates. From 1675, Vannes was the seat of the Breton parliament. The city has also been the seat of a bishopric since the 5th century.

From 1790, the city was the capital of an electoral district (canton) of the same name. In 1982, it was divided into three electoral districts: Chef-lieu of Vannes Centre, Vannes Ouest and Vannes Est.

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