Fougères is a town, a commune and a sous-préfecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine département in France. The commune is an administrative division of France. ... Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ... Ille-et-Vilaine is a département of France, located in Brittany (Bretagne in French) in the northwest corner of France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...

Sights

Fougères' major monument is a medieval stronghold built atop a granite ledge, which was part of the ultimately unsuccesful defence system of the Duchy of Brittany against French aggression. Stronghold is a commercial version of Apache Web Server, distributed by RedHat Inc. ... Granite - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Duchy of Brittany was an independent state from 841 to 1532. ...

Economy

There used to be an important shoemaking industry which is now extinct.

Miscellaneous

Fougères was the birthplace of Georges Franju (1912-1987), filmmaker. Georges Franju (April 12, 1912 - November 5, 1987) was a French filmmaker. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...