Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne

The Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, often abbreviated to MAS, was a French state-owned weapons manufacturer in the town of Saint-Étienne, Loire. Founded in 1764, it was merged into the French state-owned defense conglomerate GIAT Industries in 2001.

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Type: College building
Description: French state-owned weapons company
Also known as: “Ancienne Manufacture d’Armes”
Address: 18 Rue Bergson

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stade Geoffroy-Guichard and Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot.

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Stadium

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Stade Geoffroy-Guichard is a multi-purpose stadium in Saint-Étienne, France. It is used primarily for football matches, and tournaments such as the UEFA Euro 1984 and 2016, the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. Stade Geoffroy-Guichard is situated 1¼ km north of Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne.

Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot

Railway station

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Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot is a railway station, which is situated 380 metres south of Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne.

Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montaud (Saint-Etienne, Loire, France)

Church

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Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montaud (Saint-Etienne, Loire, France) is a church, which is situated 470 metres southwest of Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Châteaucreux and Montaud.

Châteaucreux

Neighborhood

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Châteaucreux is a neighborhood.

Montaud

Neighborhood

Montaud is a former French commune of the Loire on the north west of the city of Saint-Étienne. It was created during the French revolution then included in Saint-Étienne in 1855.

Saint-Priest-en-Jarez

Village

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Saint-Priest-en-Jarez is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Saint-Priest-en-Jarez is situated 2½ km north of Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne.

Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne

Categories: factory, Royal Manufactory, organization, building, and education
Location: Saint-Étienne, Arrondissement of Saint-Étienne, Loire, Greater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.45035° or 45° 27′ 1″ north

Longitude

4.3856° or 4° 23′ 8″ east

Levels

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

8FQ6F92P+46

OpenStreetMap ID

way 63261991

OpenStreetMap feature

building=college

Wikidata ID

Q3287029

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Russian—“Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne” goes by many names.

Breton: “Manufacture d’Armes de Saint-Étienne”
Chinese: “圣艾蒂安军工厂”
Chinese: “聖艾蒂安兵工廠”
Chinese: “聖艾蒂安武器工廠”
French: “manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne”
French: “Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne”
French: “manufacture nationale d’armes de Saint-Étienne”
French: “manufacture Nationale d’Armes de Saint-Étienne”
French: “manufacture Royale d’Armes”
Georgian: “Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne”
German: “Société Manufacturière d’Armes”
Japanese: “サン＝テティエンヌ工廠”
Japanese: “サン＝テティエンヌ造兵廠”
Lithuanian: “Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne”
Polish: “Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne”
Portuguese: “Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne”
Russian: “Мануфактюр д’Арме де Сент-Этьен”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include La Platine and Galerie nationale du design.

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Explore places such as Monument aux Morts de la MAS and Six shells bubble.

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