Cesson-Sévigné (Municipality, Ille-et-Vilaine, France)

Saozon-Sevigneg

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by Pascal Vagnat

• Presentation of the city
• Description of the flag

See also:

• France
• Ille-et-Vilaine (Department, France)

Presentation of the city

Cesson-Sévigné is a city of 16,000 inhabitants, located on the river Vilaine, a few kilometers east of Rennes, The Breton name of the city is Saozon-Sevigneg. The science and technology park Atalante is partially located in Cesson-Sévigné. Its main area of research is telecommunications.

The city is named after two feudal families mentioned for the first time in the XIth century. The official name of Cesson-Sévigné was acknowledged in 1921.

In 1644, Henri de Sévigné married Marie de Rabutin-Chantal (1629-1696), later famous as Madame la Marquise de Sévigné. Henri died seven years later in a duel and Madame de Sévigné never married again. Her beloved daughter Françoise-Marguerite married in 1669 Count de Grignan, Leutenant-General of Provence, and moved with him to Provence two years later. Between 1671 and 1696, Madame de Sévigné wrote more than 1,500 letters, mostly to her daughter. She wrote the same way she spoke, that is with a very lively style. Her letters were a mixture o