Henri Fréville
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Henri Fréville was a French history professor, resistor, writer and politician.
On the Liberation, he was director of the cabinet of Victor Le Gorgeu, Commissaire régional de la République
for the four Breton départements.
He was mayor (MRP) of Rennes from 1953 to 1977, president of the conseil général d'Ille-et-Vilaine from 1966 to 1976, député of the 1st constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine
from 1958 to 1968, senator for Ille-et-Vilaine from 1970 to 1977. He was the target of an FLB attack on 26 August 1975.
Author of several works of history, he notably studied the behaviour of Breton nationalists during the Second World War through documents of the Germany military administration, recovered from the surroundings of the hôtel Majestic
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Life
He was history professor at the lycée Chateaubriand at Rennes from 1932 and from 1949 to 1971 taught modern history at the Faculty of Letters at Rennes, which became the Université Rennes II. He was one of the founders of the Institut armoricain de recherches historiques.On the Liberation, he was director of the cabinet of Victor Le Gorgeu, Commissaire régional de la République
Commissioner of the Republic (Provisional Government)
The Commissioners of the Republic or Regional Commissioners of the Republic were government officials appointed as representatives of Charles de Gaulle by the Provisional Government of the French Republic between 1944 and 1946...
for the four Breton départements.
He was mayor (MRP) of Rennes from 1953 to 1977, president of the conseil général d'Ille-et-Vilaine from 1966 to 1976, député of the 1st constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine's 1st constituency
The 1st constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine is a French legislative constituency in the Ille-et-Vilaine département.-Deputies:-2007: -2002: -1997: -1993: -1988: -Sources:...
from 1958 to 1968, senator for Ille-et-Vilaine from 1970 to 1977. He was the target of an FLB attack on 26 August 1975.
Author of several works of history, he notably studied the behaviour of Breton nationalists during the Second World War through documents of the Germany military administration, recovered from the surroundings of the hôtel Majestic
Hotel Majestic
The Hotel Majestic is a historic luxury hotel located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Built for local Chinese businessman Hui Bon Hoa in 1925 in a French Colonial and classical French Riviera styles....
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Honours
On 10 May 1993 Rennes renamed its avenue de Crimée the avenue Henri-Fréville after him, and a metro station in the town (line A) is also named after him.Publications
- L'Intendance de Bretagne (1689–1790). Essai sur l'histoire d'une intendance en Pays d'États au XVIIIe, I/III. Thesis. Rennes, Plihon, 1953. 3 vol.
- Un acte de foi : trente ans au service de la Cité ; Rennes : Éditions SEPES, 1977.
- La presse bretonne dans la tourmente : 1940–1946, Plon, Paris, 1979
- Archives secrètes de Bretagne, 1940–1944, Ouest-FranceOuest-FranceOuest-France is a provincial daily French newspaper known for its emphasis on local news and events. The paper is produced in 47 different editions covering events in different French départments within the régions of Brittany, Lower Normandy and Pays de la Loire...
, Rennes, 1985 (reedited 2004 and 2008, reviewed and corrected by Françoise MorvanFrançoise MorvanFrançoise Morvan is a French writer who specialises in Breton history and culture.She studied literature in Colombes, then at the Sorbonne...
), ISBN : 978-2-7373-4453-4.
External links
His page on the Assemblée Nationale site His page on the Sénat site- The Archives départementales d'Ille-et-Vilaine hold the archives of Henri Fréville, sous-série 52 J, soit 9 mètres linéaires.