Rennes

Rennes ([ʁɛn] ( listen) French: Rennes, Gallo: Resnn, Breton: Roazhon, Laitin: Condate, Civitas Redonum) is a ceety in the east o Breetany in northwastren Fraunce. Rennes is the caipital o the region o Breetany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine depairtment.

Rennes
Cathedral
Cathedral
Motto(s): 
Vivre en intelligence (French: "Live intelligently")
Rennes is located in Fraunce
Rennes
Rennes
Location within Brittany region
Rennes is located in Brittany
Rennes
Rennes
Coordinates: 48°06′53″N 1°40′46″W / 48.1147°N 1.6794°W / 48.1147; -1.6794 1°40′46″W / 48.1147°N 1.6794°W / 48.1147; -1.6794
KintraFraunce
RegionBrittany
DepairtmentIlle-et-Vilaine
ArrondissementRennes
IntercommunalityRennes Métropole
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2014 - 2020) Nathalie Appéré (PS)
Area
1
50.39 km2 (19.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)2
208,033
 • Density4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
35238 /35000, 35200, 35700
Elevation20–74 m (66–243 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries.2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Internaitional relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Twinned touns inscribit on the brig ower the central canal.

Rennes is twinned wi:

(These twinned touns are inscribit on the brig ower the central canal o Rennes)

  • Exeter, Ingland, UK (syne 1956)
  • Rochester, New York, USA (syne 1958)
  • Erlangen, Germany (syne 1964)
  • Brno, Czech Republic (syne 1965)[1]
  • Sendai, Japan (syne 1967)
  • Leuven, Belgium (syne 1980)
  • Sétif, Algeria (syne 1982)
  • Cork, Ireland (syne 1982)
  • Almaty, Kazakhstan (syne 1991)
  • Plateau Dogon, Mali (syne 1995)
  • Poznań, Poland (syne 1998)[2]
  • Sibiu, Romanie (syne 1999)
  • Jinan, Cheenae (syne 2002)

Athin Fraunce

  • Saint-Gilles-du-Mené, Fraunce (syne 1978)
  • Rennes-les-Bains, Fraunce (syne 1985)

Pacts o cooperation

  • Hué, Vietnam (syne 1992)
  • Bandiagara Cercle, Mali (syne 1995)

Sponsorship

  • Vouziers, Fraunce

See an aw

  • Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

Freemit airtins

Wiktionar
Rake fer Rennes i the
Scots Wiktionar, the free Scots dictionar.