Dourdain
Dourdain Dourdan |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
Arrondissement | Rennes | |
Canton | Liffré | |
Community association | Liffré-Cormier Community | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ′ N , 1 ° 22 ′ W | |
height | 52-112 m | |
surface | 13.8 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,159 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 84 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 35450 | |
INSEE code | 35101 | |
Website | http://www.dourdain.fr/ | |
City Hall (Mairie) of Dourdain |
Dourdain ( Breton : Dourdan ; Gallo : Dórdaen ) is a French municipality with 1159 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 . The inhabitants are called Dourdanais .
geography
Dourdain is about 25 kilometers east-northeast of Rennes . Dourdain is surrounded by the neighboring communities Livré-sur-Changeon in the north and northeast, Val-d'Izé in the east and southeast, La Bouëxière in the south and west and Liffré in the west and northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 702 | 680 | 588 | 560 | 594 | 706 | 927 | 1159 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church from the 15th / 16th centuries century
- Notre-Dame-de-toutes-Aides-et-Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs chapel, by La Giolais from 1743
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 792-796.
Web links
Commons : Dourdain - collection of images, videos and audio files