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Saumur is a town and commune in the Maine-et-Loire département of France on the Loire River at with an approximate population of 30,000 as of 2001. Saumur is home to the Cadre Noir, the École Nationale d'Équitation (National School of Horsemanship), known for its annual horse shows, as well as the officer school for armored forces (tanks). There is a tank museum, the Musée des Blindés, with more than 850 armored vehicles, wheeled or tracked. Most of them are from France but some were made in other countries such as Brazil, Germany, or the Soviet Union.
The School of Saumur is the name used to denote a distinctive form of Reformed theology taught by Moses Amyraut at the University of Saumur in the 17th century. Saumur is also the scene for Balzac's novel "Eugénie Grandet", written by the French author in 1833 and the title of a song from hard rock band Trust (whose lyrics express their poor opinion of the city: narrow-minded, bourgeois and militaristic).
Saumur was the location of the Battle of Saumur (1793) during the Revolt in the Vendée, the Battle of Saumur (1940) during World War II, and 1944 Tallboy and Azon bombing targets: (...) more....
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