Orgères (Ille-et-Vilaine)
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Orgères to Heizeg |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Janzé | |
| Community association | Rennes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 1 ° 40 ′ W | |
| height | 26–111 m | |
| surface | 16.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,729 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 290 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35230 | |
| INSEE code | 35208 | |
| Website | http://www.orgeres.fr/ | |
 Orgères Town Hall (Mairie) |
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Orgères ( Breton : An Heizeg ; Gallo : Orjèrr ) is a French municipality with 4729 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 Janzé . The inhabitants are called Orgerois .
geography
Orgères is a banlieue south of Rennes , about fifteen kilometers south of the city center. Orgères is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Erblon in the north and north-east, Bourgbarré in the east and south-east, Chanteloup in the south and south-east, Laillé in the west and south-west and Pont-Péan in the north-west.
On the south-western edge of the municipality, Route nationale 137 runs from Rennes to Nantes .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | |
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| 911 | 1,064 | 1,708 | 2.175 | 2,537 | 2,881 | 3,514 | 4,059 | |
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Attractions
- Saint Martin Church
- Orgères Castle
- numerous historic farm and town houses
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 245-249.
Web links
Commons : Orgères - collection of images, videos and audio files
