Rezé

Partial view of Rezé with, from left to right, the town hall, the church of Saint Peter and the Cité Radieuse

Coat of arms

Rezé

Location within Pays de la Loire region

Rezé

Coordinates: 47°11′00″N 1°33′00″W / 47.1833°N 1.55°WCoordinates: 47°11′00″N 1°33′00″W / 47.1833°N 1.55°W

Country

Rezé and Bouaye

Urban Community of Nantes Métropole

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Gilles Retière

Area¹

13.78 km² (5.32 sq mi)

Population (2005)²

37,200

• Density

2,700/km² (7,000/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

44143 / 44400

Elevation

1–42 m (3.3–137.8 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 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.

Rezé (Breton: Reudied, Gallo: Rezae) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It was also called Ratiate in the Middle Ages and Rezay in the High Middle Ages.

Inhabitants of Rezé are called Rezéens.

The commune is surrounded by the communes of Nantes, Vertou, Les Sorinières, Pont-Saint-Martin and Bouguenais. It is limited north by the Loire, east by the Sèvre Nantaise and the Ilette, west by the Jaguère and south by the boulevard périphérique of Nantes.

Rezé dates back to the Roman era, when it was known as Portus Ratiatus (port of Rezé) and Ratiatum Pictonum Portus (picton port of Rezé). Being populated by the Ambilatres - Armorican Gauls - Rezé was an important port on the south shore of the Loire and a place for meetings and trade between the various Celtic tribes of the region (Veneti, Namnetes, Ambilatres, Andecavis and Pictones).

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