Betton
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Betton Lanvezhon |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Betton (main town) | |
| Community association | Rennes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 11 ′ N , 1 ° 39 ′ W | |
| height | 27-90 m | |
| surface | 26.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 11,735 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 439 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35830 | |
| INSEE code | 35024 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-betton.fr | |
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Betton is a French municipality with 11,735 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany .
geography
Betton is nine kilometers north of Rennes , the capital of Brittany . The city is crossed by the river Ille , which here forms a section of the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance and is therefore navigable. Today the canal is only of touristic importance. The place has a train station on the Rennes – Saint-Malo railway line .
history
Today's Betton was already occupied by the Franks in the 4th to 5th centuries and they named it after one of their leaders: Betto. The place was Christianized as early as 470 by Gallo-Roman missionaries who built a monastery there: monasterium Betonis.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2048 | 2475 | 4870 | 5907 | 7013 | 8547 | 9103 | 11,735 |
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Town twinning
- Moretonhampstead , UK (since 1975)
- Altenbeken , Germany (since 1993)
- Grodzisk Wielkopolski , Poland (since 2000)
- Barberino di Mugello , Italy (since 2004)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 211-216.
Web links
Commons : Betton (Ille-et-Vilaine) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the municipality (French)