Vannes
| Seaport and capital of the French département of Morbihan; population (1999) 51,800. The industries include shipbuilding and tourism, and the manufacture of woollen fabrics, rope, tyres, and agricultural machinery. Medieval ramparts enclose the inner city, and there is a cathedral with a 16th-century chapel. |
| Vannes is named after the Celtic Veneti tribe, whose capital was on the site. |
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