Breteil
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 Breteil
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Location within Brittany region
Breteil
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| Coordinates: 48°08′46″N 1°53′50″W / 48.1461°N 1.8972°WCoordinates: 48°08′46″N 1°53′50″W / 48.1461°N 1.8972°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Montfort-sur-Meu | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Montfort | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Joseph Le Lez | |
| Area1 | 14.7 km2 (5.7 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 3,367 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35040 /35160 | |
| Elevation | 26–71 m (85–233 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Breteil (Breton: Brezhiel) is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. It is located in northwestern France.
The Meu river forms the commune's southwestern border. Breteil is part of the county of Montfort-sur-Meu and falls under the administrative control of Rennes. The town has 3502 inhabitants and covers 1470 hectares. It is surrounded by the towns of Montfort-sur-Meu, Bédée, La Nouaye, Iffendic, Pleumeleuc, Talensac, Saint-Gonlay.
Inhabitants of Breteil are known as Breteillais in French.
In 1120, Raoul de Montfort included the castle of Breteil in the dowry of his daughter for her wedding to the earl of La Riolaye. The parish of Breteil was created from the division of the former parish of Pleumeleuc in 1122. In this year, the bishop of Aleth consecrated the church of Breteil to Benedictine monks of Saint-Melaine de Rennes. In 1152, the Lord of Montfort-sur-Meu gave two plots of agricultural land in Breteil to the abbey of Saint-Jacques de Montfort to contribute to the monks' activities. In the town centre of Breteil, a priest named Guillaume gave a house to the abbey of Montfort-sur-Meu.
Like everywhere in Brittany, particularly Upper Brittany, small farmers had land, but they were usually small areas. Relatively few peasants were economically secure; the others, except for farmers, had to work as day labourers and servants. With 167 servants out of 1271 inhabitants in 1774, Breteil had relatively fewer servants than several neighboring towns.
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