Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine
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Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine Sant-Yann-ar-Gwilen |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré | |
| Canton | Chateaugiron | |
| Community association | Vitré Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 7 ′ N , 1 ° 22 ′ W | |
| height | 42-112 m | |
| surface | 10.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,266 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 118 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35220 | |
| INSEE code | 35283 | |
| Website | http://www.stjean-vilaine.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine and the church behind it |
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Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine ( Breton: Sant-Yann-ar-Gwilen ) is a French municipality with 1266 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré and the canton of Châteaugiron (until 2015: canton of Châteaubourg ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Jeannais .
geography
Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine is about 22 kilometers east of Rennes . The Vilaine limits the municipality to the south. Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Marpiré in the north, Champeaux in the northeast, Pocé-les-Bois in the east, Saint-Aubin-des-Landes in the south and southeast, Cornillé in the south, and Saint-Didier in the south Southwest and Châteaubourg in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 554 | 506 | 509 | 601 | 675 | 873 | 1,070 | 1,099 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 346-349.
