FOUGERES  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 3o in . N.E. of See also:

• RENNES

Rennes by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) 21,847 . Fougeres is built on the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit and slopes of a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Nancon, a tributary of the Couesnon . It was formerly one of the strongest places on the frontier towards See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, and it still preserves some portions of its See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval fortifications, notably a gateway of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century known as the See also:

• PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte St Sulpice . The See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, which is situated in the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part of the town, directly overlooking the Nancon, is now a picturesque ruin, but gives abundant See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence in its towers and outworks of its former strength and magnificence . The finest of the towers was erected in 1242 by See also:

• HUGUES, CLOVIS (1851-1907)

Hugues of See also:

• LUSIGNAN

Lusignan, and named after Melusine, the mythical foundress of the See also:

• FAMILY

family . The churches of St Leonard and St Sulpice both date, at least in part, from the 15th century . An hotel de ville and a See also:

• BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry, both of the 15th century, are of architectural See also:

• INTEREST

interest, and the town possesses many curious old houses . There is a statue of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General B. de Lari Coisiere (d . 1812), See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the town .

Fougeres is the seat of a suhprefect, and has a tribunal of first instance, a chamber of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce and a communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . It is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial town of its department, being a centre for the manufacture of boots and shoes; tanning and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather-dressing and the manu-facture of See also:

• SAIL

sail-See also:

• CLOTH

cloth and other fabrics are also important See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade is in See also:

• DAIRY

dairy produce and in the See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite of the neighbouring quarries . Fougeres frequently figures in See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton See also:

• HISTORY

history from the 11th to the 15th century . It was taken by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English in 1166, and again in 1448; and the name of Surienne, the captor on the second occasion, is still See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by one of the towers of the castle . In 1488 it was taken by the troops of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VIII. under la Tremoille . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages Fougeres was a lordship of some importance, which in the 13th century passed into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the family of Lusignan, and in 1307 was confiscated by the See also:

• CROWN

crown and afterwards changed hands many times . In 1793, during the See also:

• WARS

wars of the See also:

• VENDEE
• VENDEE, WARS OF THE

Vendee, it was occupied by the insurgents .