Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine Département, Brittany, France
🇫🇷 Saint-Malo is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany on the English Channel coast. The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Allies heavily bombarded Saint-Malo, which was garrisoned by German troops. 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 🇬🇵 Point-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe.
Europe/Paris/Ille-et-Vilaine
Saint-Malo has a population of over 46,478 people. Saint-Malo also forms the centre of the wider Saint-Malo Arrondissement which has a population of over 165,866 people. Saint-Malo is ranked #924 for startups with a score of 0.125.
Twin Towns – Sister Cities Saint-Malo is twinned with: 🇲🇺 Port-Louis, Mauritius; 🇨🇦 Gaspé, Canada; 🇨🇦 Saint-Malo, Quebec, Canada; 🇨🇦 St. Malo, Manitoba, Canada; 🏴 Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK 🇵🇱 Gniezno, Poland.