Liffré
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Liffré (main town) | |
| Community association | Liffré-Cormier Community | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 13 ′ N , 1 ° 30 ′ W | |
| height | 40-113 m | |
| surface | 66.86 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,609 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 114 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35340 | |
| INSEE code | 35152 | |
| Website | http://ville-liffre.fr/ | |
 Liffré Church |
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Liffré ( Breton : Liverieg ) is a French municipality with 7609 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 Liffréen (ne) .
geography
Liffré is about 18 kilometers northeast of Rennes . The Forêt de Rennes and the Forêt domaniale de Liffré (also: Forêt de Sevailles ) occupy almost 40 square kilometers of the municipal area . Liffré is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Ercé-près-Liffré in the north, Gosné and Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier in the northeast, Livré-sur-Changeon , Dourdain and La Bouëxière in the east, Acigné and Thorigné-Fouillard in the south, and Betton in the southwest , Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt to the west and Chasné-sur-Illet to the northwest.
The A84 autoroute runs through the municipality from Rennes to Caen .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2558 | 2817 | 4040 | 4205 | 5659 | 6454 | 6646 | 7609 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Liffré
- Saint-Michel church, built in 1871
- town hall
- Mill pond
Personalities
- Robert Hauvespre (1923-1997), football player
Community partnerships
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 800-806.
