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Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine is a département of France, located in Brittany (Bretagne in French) in the northwest corner of France.
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 Logo of the Conseil Général of Ille-et-Vilaine | |
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| Region : | Bretagne |
| Prefecture : | Rennes |
| Sub-prefectures : | Fougères Redon Saint-Malo |
| Main cities : | Vitre Cesson-Sévigné Bruz |
| Population
- Density |
128 inh./km² |
| Area | 6 775 km² |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 53 |
| Communes | 352 |
| President of the general council | Jean-Louis Tourenne (june 2004) |
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History
Ille-et-Vilaine was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Brittany.
Geography
Ille-et-Vilaine is a part of the current région of Bretagne and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Mayenne, Maine-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Morbihan, and Côtes-d'Armor, as well as the English Channel on the north.
Major rivers running through it are the Ille, the Vilaine, the Rance and the Couesnon .
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 and Breton are both studied at the University of Rennes.
External links
- Prefecture website (in French)
- Conseil Général website (in French)
- City of Rennes website
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