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| Department number: | 35 |
| Region: | Bretagne |
| Prefecture: | Rennes |
| Subprefectures: | Fougères Redon Saint-Malo |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 53 |
| Communes: | 352 |
| President of the General Council: | Jean-Louis Tourenne |
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| Population | Ranked 23rd |
| -2003 | 903,400 |
| Population density: | 133/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6775 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Rennes ( Gallo: Resnn, Roazhon Condate Condate Riedonum is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Fougères (Felger in Breton, Foujerr in Gallo) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department Redon is a town and commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne northwestern France. Saint-Malo ( Breton: Sant-Maloù; Gallo: Saent-Malô) is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 4 arrondissements of the Ille-et-Vilaine department are Arrondissement of Fougères, ( subprefecture: Fougères The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 53 cantons of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 353 communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Ille-et-Vilaine (Breton: Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Bretagne in the northwest of France. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
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History
Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from part of the province of Brittany. The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into
Geography
Ille-et-Vilaine is a part of the current region of Bretagne and is bordered by the departments of Manche to the north-east, Mayenne to the west, Maine-et-Loire to the south-west, Loire-Atlantique to the south, Morbihan to the south-west, and Côtes-d'Armor to the west and north-west. Manche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche ("the sleeve" which is the French name for the English Mayenne (majɛn is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River. Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France. History Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Loire-Atlantique (formerly Loire-Inférieure) is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Morbihan (Mor-Bihan is a department in the northwest of France named after the Morbihan ( small sea in Breton) the enclosed sea that is the Côtes-d'Armor ( Breton: Aodoù-an-Arvor) is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. Also the English Channel (locally named la Manche in French) borders the department to the north.
The department is named after its two main rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine, whose confluent is in Rennes, the capital of the department and of the region; other important rivers include :
- the Rance, that borders the department in the north-west and flows to the north, creating a deep fjord before reaching the English Channel on the western part of the coast (named Côte d’Émeraude) between the cities of Dinard and Saint-Malo); the Rance river is connected from the west of the department to the Ille river in the north-west suburbs of Rennes with a navigatable channel (then the Ille river is channelized to join the Vilaine up to the center of the city of Rennes) ;
- and the Couesnon that borders the eastern part of the department and whose flows are reaching the eastern part of the coast of the English Channel, in the flat Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel. The Ille (il is a small River in Brittany, France, right tributary of the river Vilaine. The Vilaine (Gwilen is a River in Brittany, in the west of France. Rennes ( Gallo: Resnn, Roazhon Condate Condate Riedonum is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern The Rance is a River of northwestern France. It flows into the English Channel between Dinard and Saint-Malo. Dinard (Dinarzh Gallo: Dinard) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in northwestern France Saint-Malo ( Breton: Sant-Maloù; Gallo: Saent-Malô) is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern The Couesnon River (/kwenɔ̃/ is a River running from the département of Mayenne in north-western France, forming an Estuary Mont Saint-Michel ( English: St Michael's Mount) is a rocky Tidal island in Normandy, France.
The department is moderately elevated above the level of the sea, with many hills; however the central part has a dense network of many small rivers connecting to the Ille or the Vilaine from all around the large bassin of Rennes. The elevated hills bordering this bassin are covered by several old forests now exploited by men for the production of wood. The bassin itself is a rich agriculture area, as well as the north-west of the department near the Rance.
In the extreme south of the department the flows of the Vilaine are going through slow decrease of elevation in a small corridor in the area of the city of Redon; in this area, the Vilaine is known for its frequent floodings during its recent history, often because of too intensive draining of agricultural areas around Rennes (some floodings have also affected some quarters of Rennes up to the 1980's due to incorrect management of old equipments of the artificial channel of Ille-et-Rance). Redon is a town and commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne northwestern France. To avoid these hazards within inhabited cities, some natural fields bordering the Vilaine in the south of the department are now left floodable, and works for regulating the level have been done including, small articicial lakes with derivation channels, replanting trees in the bassin, better management of forests, and regulating the articifial drains made for agriculture.
Demography
The population has grown over the last few decades and was estimated at 903,400 in January 2003.
Culture
Gallo is a historic minority language spoken in eastern Brittany. Gallo is a regional language of France. Gallo is a Romance language, one of the oïl languages. Gallo and Breton are both studied at the University of Rennes. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany
See also
- Cantons of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
- Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
- Arrondissements of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (English) General Council website
- (English) Ille-et-Vilaine at the Open Directory Project
- (French) Cultural Heritage
- (French) City of Rennes website
Dictionary
Ille-et-Vilaine
-proper noun
- One of the départements of Brittany, France, wherein lies the city of Rennes
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