Vannes

Vannes, a seaport town of France, capital of the dept. of Morbihan in Brittany, stands at the mouth of a tributary of the Gulf of Morbihan, 10 miles from the sea. The cathedral (13th to 15th centuries) is the most important edifice; but the town possesses also an old Maison du Parlement and many carved houses, and a rich museum of Celtic antiquities. Manufactures of woollens and ropes and some shipbuilding are carried on; and the small port has some trade. Pop. (1881) 16,667; (1891) 19,623.