French Political Geography

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Saint‐Maur

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Saint‐Maur, Paris/France The full name is Saint‐Maur‐des‐Fossés. Its name comes from the abbey founded here by Benedictine monks from Saint‐Maur‐sur‐le‐Loire, who had fled from the Viking invaders in the 7th century. St Maurus was a 6th‐century monk; fossés comes from the Latin fossa ‘ditch’, a reference to the original fortifications.

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Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

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Saint-Maur-des-Fossés , city (1990 pop. 77,492), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, on the Marne River. An industrial suburb of Paris, it manufactures automobile parts, ball bearings, electrical equipment, asbestos and paper products, and furniture. It is connected to Paris by metro. St. Nicholas Church (12th–14th cent.) houses a statue of Our Lady of Miracles, an object of pilgrimages.

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