Ille-et-Vilaine
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| Ille-et-Vilaine | |
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| The Ille-et-Vilaine coat of arms | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| Département number: | 35 |
| Région: | Bretagne |
| Préfecture: | Rennes |
| Sub-Préfectures: | Fougères Redon Saint-Malo |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 53 |
| Communes: | 352 |
| Conseiller Général: | Jean-Louis Tourenne |
| Statistics | |
| 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. | |
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Ille-et-Vilaine is a département of France, located in Brittany (Bretagne in French) in the northwest corner of France.
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[edit] History
Ille-et-Vilaine was one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Brittany.
[edit] Geography
Ille-et-Vilaine is a part of the current région of Bretagne and is bordered by the départements of Manche, Mayenne, Maine-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Morbihan, and Côtes-d'Armor, as well as the English Channel to the north.
Major rivers running through it are the Ille, the Vilaine, the Rance and the Couesnon.
[edit] Demography
The population has grown over the last few decades and was estimated at 903,400 in January 2003.
[edit] Culture
Gallo is a historic minority language spoken in eastern Brittany. Gallo and Breton are both studied at the University of Rennes.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of Ille-et-Vilaine département
- Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine département
- Arrondissements of the Ille-et-Vilaine département
[edit] External links
- Prefecture website (in French)
- Conseil Général website (in French)
- (French) Cultural Heritage
- City of Rennes website
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