Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It contains the historic Bethlehem Chapel.
Notable people
- Barthélémy Baraille, a member of the criminal anarchist Bonnot gang, was a municipal councillor from Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau around 1945.
- Edmond Bertreux, painter, is buried in the cemetery of Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, which he often depicted in his art.
- Jean Brochard, actor, resident of Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau after having bought the house that his grandmother lived; he spent the rest of his life there.
- Émile-Joseph Legal, oblate missionnary, founder of the colony of Saint-Paul-des-Métis in the province of Alberta in Canada.
- Mose, designer, was born there.