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Rennes
Roazhon pronounced [ˈrwaːzən]
Prefecture and commune
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Marché des Lices.jpg Hochbahnabschnitt Pontchaillou - Anatole France der Metro Rennes.jpg
Esplanade du Général de Gaulle à Rennes.jpg L'Opéra de Rennes Bretagne.JPG Batiments de nuits -Univ Rennes 2 - Louis Arretche.jpg
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Top to bottom, left to right : City hall, Marché des Lices, Rennes Metro, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, Opera of Rennes by night, University of Rennes 2, Skyline of Rennes from Cathedral
Flag of Rennes
Flag
Coat of arms of Rennes
Coat of arms
Motto: Live in harmony (French: "Vivre en intelligence")
Rennes is located in France
Rennes
Rennes
Coordinates: 48°06′53″N 1°40′46″W / 48.1147°N 1.6794°W / 48.1147; -1.6794Coordinates: 48°06′53″N 1°40′46″W / 48.1147°N 1.6794°W / 48.1147; -1.6794
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Rennes
Canton Rennes-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Intercommunality Rennes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Nathalie Appéré (PS)
Area1 50.39 km2 (19.46 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 211,373
 • Density 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 35238 /35000, 35200, 35700
Elevation 20–74 m (66–243 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)

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.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rennes (French: [ʁɛn] (About this sound listen); French: Rennes, Gallo: Resnn, Breton: Roazhon, Latin: Condate, Civitas Redonum) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

Rennes's history goes back more than 2,000 years, at a time when it was a small Gallic village named Condate. Together with Vannes and Nantes, it was one of the major cities of the historic province of Brittany and the ancient Duchy of Brittany. After the French Revolution, Rennes remained for most of its history a parliamentary, administrative and garrison city of the Kingdom of France.


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