Brécé
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Brécé Brec'heg |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Liffré | |
| Community association | Rennes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 7 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ W | |
| height | 32-73 m | |
| surface | 7.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,106 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 294 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35530 | |
| INSEE code | 35039 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-brece.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Brécé |
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Brécé ( Breton : Brec'heg ; Gallo : Berczaé ) is a French municipality with 2106 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Rennes and the canton of Liffré (until 2015: canton of Châteaugiron ). The inhabitants are called Brécéens .
geography
Brécé is about 15 kilometers east of Rennes on the Vilaine River . Brécé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Acigné in the north and northwest, Servon-sur-Vilaine in the east and northeast and Noyal-sur-Vilaine in the south and west.
The national route 157 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 434 | 454 | 630 | 835 | 1128 | 1561 | 1733 | 2106 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Exupère Church (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Brécé )
- Allées couvertes
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 351-353.
Web links
Commons : Brécé - collection of images, videos and audio files
