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Fougeres
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and comprises various overseas islands and territories which are located in other regions. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. At 674,843 square kilometers, France is the world's 40th-largest country after Myanmar. France is a member of The European Union and Paris is the capital of this nation. The sole official language of France is French. Since prehistoric times, France has been a crossroads of trade, migrations, and invasions.
Fougeres is a town, a community and a sous-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in France. Their major monument is a medieval stronghold built atop a granite ledge, which was part of the eventually ineffective defense system of the Duchy of Brittany in opposition to French attack. Its location serves as the center of the weekend market and is a town of art and history.
There used to be an important shoemaking industry which is now vanished. There was also an important glass making industry. During the middle ages, salt was greatly taxed and was imported from the Breton regions to the rest of France. The city was made a monopoly for salt smugglers, who would creep along the wall of the city with confiscated salt, to sell in other regions. There is a communal garden in modern Fougeres that venerates this motivating and little known fact. Fougeres was the birthplace of Georges Franju from 1912 to 1987, who was a filmmaker. Elevated at 171 meters, its land area is 10.47 square kilometers, population as per the 1999 census was 21,779 and density as per 1999 was 2,080 square kilometers.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, luxurious hotels and cottages, Fougeres is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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