Department of Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine
region	Brittany
prefecture	Rennes
Sub-prefecture (s)	Fougères Redon Saint-Malo
Residents	1,060,199 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	156 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,775.39 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	18th
Cantons	27
Communities	333
President of the Department Council	Jean-Luc Chenut
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-35
Location of the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany

The department Ille-et-Vilaine [ ileviˈlɛn ] ( Breton Il-ha-Gwilen ) is the French department with the order number 35. It is located in the northwest of the country in the region of Brittany and is after the rivers Ille (Breton: Il ) and Vilaine (Breton: Gwilen ) named.

geography

Ille-et-Vilaine is the easternmost department in Brittany.

coat of arms

Description : Two blue corrugated stakes in an ermine .

history

The department was formed at the time of the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 on the basis of the law of December 22, 1789 on the division of France into departments from the north-eastern part of the old province of Brittany .

In the summer of 1940 it was occupied by troops of the Wehrmacht , like all of northern France , after they had won the western campaign within a few weeks and occupied Paris. In the summer of 1944, Allied troops liberated the area: after landing in Normandy , they broke out of their bridgehead and began the battle for Brittany on August 1, 1944 .

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Ille-et-Vilaine department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Rennes	216,815	Rennes
Saint Malo	46.097	Saint Malo
Fougères	20,418	Fougères-Vitré
Bruz	18,266	Rennes
Vitré	18,037	Fougères-Vitré
Cesson-Sévigné	17,526	Rennes
Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande	13,087
Pacé	11,739
Betton	11,735
Chantepie	10,435

Other important places are Dinard , Dinan , Dol-de-Bretagne and Redon .

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The Ille-et-Vilaine department is divided into 4 arrondissements , 27 cantons and 333 communes :

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Fougères-Vitré	7th	106	184,699	2,173.32	85	351
Redon	3	50	102,871	1,302.57	79	352
Rennes	17th	109	605.914	2,228.08	272	353
Saint Malo	5	68	166,715	1,071.42	156	354
Department of Ille-et-Vilaine	27	333	1,060,199	6,775.39	156	35

See also:

• List of communes in the Ille-et-Vilaine department
• List of cantons in the Ille-et-Vilaine department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Pointe de Grouin near Cancale at an altitude of 46 meters Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 8th 8th 10 12 16 18th 21st 19th 18th 16 11 9 O 13.9 Min. Temperature (° C) 4th 4th 5 7th 10 12 14th 15th 13 11 7th 5 O 8.9 Temperature (° C) 6th 6th 7.5 9.5 13 15th 17.5 17th 15.5 13.5 9 7th O 11.4 Precipitation ( mm ) 60 55 50 45 50 45 45 50 60 62 80 68 Σ 670 Rainy days ( d ) 12 11 10 9 9 8th 7th 9 10 10 13 13 Σ 121 Water temperature (° C) 9 8th 8th 9 12 14th 17th 18th 17th 16 14th 11 O 12.8 T e m p e r a t u r 8th 4th 8th 4th 10 5 12 7th 16 10 18th 12 21st 14th 19th 15th 18th 13 16 11 11 7th 9 5 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec N i e d e r s c h l a g 60 55 50 45 50 45 45 50 60 62 80 68   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: Jean-Noël Darde: Plages et côtes de France. Éditions Balland, Paris 1991

Days per year with

• Rainfalls over 1 mm: 121
• Frost: 13
  • First frost: December 10th
  • Last frost: February 17th
• Snow: 5
• Thunderstorm: 10
• Hail: 6

As of 1991

Web links

Commons : Département Ille-et-Vilaine  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Department of Ille-et-Vilaine (French)
• Prefecture of the department of Ille-et-Vilaine (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ haben-et-vilaine.fr accessed on April 26, 2015.

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′  N , 1 ° 42 ′  W