Cintré
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Le Rheu | |
| Community association | Rennes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 6 ′ N , 1 ° 52 ′ W | |
| height | 25-63 m | |
| surface | 8.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,278 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 274 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35310 | |
| INSEE code | 35080 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-cintre.fr/ | |
Cintré ( Breton : Kentreg ; Gallo : Ceintraé ) is a French municipality with 2278 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 Le Rheu (until 2015: canton of Mordelles ). The inhabitants are called Cintréens .
geography
Cintré is 13 kilometers west of Rennes and is bounded to the west by the river Meu . Cintré is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Breteil in the north and north-west, La Chapelle-Thouarault in the north and north-east, Mordelles in the south and east and Talensac in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 520 | 533 | 857 | 1,069 | 1,170 | 1,467 | 2,021 | 2,278 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Melaine church from the 12th century
- Le Plessis manor house, built at the end of the 18th century
- several old manors
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 1002-1003.
Web links
Commons : Cintré - collection of images, videos and audio files
