Le Floch novels have been adapted as a television series. In The Secret of the Missing Boat, a children's book by Paul Berna published in 1966 as La Voile Rouge. In "Charlemagne and Florent," a short story by Ranylt Richildis published in 2014 by Myths Inscribed. Vannes is a major location in C.J. Adrien's novel The Oath of the Father, published in 2015, about the Viking raids in Brittany. Notable people Albinus of Angers (born 469), Roman Catholic saint Saint Emilion (Emilianus) (?–767), monk and Roman Catholic saint, he gave his name to one of the main red wine areas of Bordeaux François I (1414–1450), Duke of Brittany Louis-Marie Autissier (1772–1830), painter Armand Alexandre de Castagny (1807–1900), military general Louise Bourgoin (born 1981), actress Pierre de La Gorce (1846–1934), historian Paul César Helleu (1859–1927), painter Émile Jourdan (1860–1931), painter of Pont-Aven School Louis Martin-Chauffier (1894–1980), writer, journalist and member of the French Resistance Yves Rocard (1903–1992), physicist Colonel Rémy (1904–1984), secret agent of the French Resistance Alain Resnais (1922–2014), film director Jean Vezin (1933–2020), palaeographer Yves Coppens (born 1934), paleontologist Serge Latouche (born 1940), economist Cédric Morgan (born 1943), writer, winner of the Prix Breizh in 2015 Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944), singer and songwriter Bernard Poignant (born 1945), politician Hélène de Fougerolles (born 1973), actress Mathieu Berson (born 1980), footballer Joris Marveaux (born 1982), footballer Sylvain Marveaux (born 1986), footballer Yann Kermorgant (born 1981), footballer Jeremy Callaghan, Australian actor and writer Sport The local football team is Vannes OC, members of the Championnat de France de Ligue 2 for the 2009–10 season. The Rugby Club Vannes is the rugby union team and competed in Pro D2 for the 2015–16 season. Both teams play at the Stade de la Rabine built in 2001. The town was the start line for stage 9 of the 2015 Tour de France. Twin towns – sister cities Vannes is twinned with: Mons, Belgium (1952) Cuxhaven, Germany (1963) Fareham, England, United Kingdom (1967) Wałbrzych, Poland (2001) Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (2001) See also Saint-Vincent Gate (Vannes) Veneti (Gaul) Saint Meriasek Operation Dingson Communes of the Morbihan department Pierre Marie François Ogé Sculpture in Vannes town hall. Eleanor, a Nile crocodile resident of the Aquarium du Vannes. Gallery References External links Official web site of the city Communes of Morbihan Prefectures in France Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast Gallia Lugdunensis