Chouan
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Chouan is a French nickname. It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Rev
Breton sentinel in front of a church, painting of Charles Loyeux
The arms of the Chouans
Mayenne
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Mayenne is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, O
Chouan
…nickname. It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Revolution. Participants in this revolt – and to some extent French anti-revolutionary activists in general – came to be known as…
Prefecture building of the Mayenne department, in Laval
Laval
View from the Armorican Massif
Abbey in Château-Gontier