Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; ; ) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after its two main rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,120,666 in 2023.
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Ille-et-Vilaine is a department (administrative region) in Brittany, located in northwestern France, named after two of its main rivers. With a population of over 1.1 million people as of 2023, it is a significant population center in the Brittany region.
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Key facts
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- an urban river flowing past modern apartment buildings in the foreground past trees whose leaves are changing with autumn under a bridge and into the city center of Rennes. There are boats docked along the side of the river.
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- The river Vilaine flowing through Rennes
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- Location of Ille-et-Vilaine in France
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- Country
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- France
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- Region
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- Brittany
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Principal towns
- Demographics
- Language
- Breton
- Politics
- Presidential elections 2nd round
- Current National Assembly Representatives
- Tourism
- See also
- References
- External links
Ille-et-Vilaine (; ; ) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after its two main rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,120,666 in 2023.
== History == Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the province of Brittany.
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