Thorigné-Fouillard
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Liffré | |
| Community association | Rennes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 10 ′ N , 1 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 27-89 m | |
| surface | 13.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,463 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 623 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35235 | |
| INSEE code | 35334 | |
| Website | www.ville-thorigne-fouillard.fr/ | |
 Thorigné-Fouillard town hall |
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Thorigné-Fouillard ( Breton : Torigneg-Fouilharzh ) is a French municipality with 8463 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 Thoréfoléen (ne) .
geography
Thorigné-Fouillard can still be described as a banlieue in the north-east of Rennes . Thorigné-Fouillard is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Liffré in the north, Acigné in the east, Cesson-Sévigné in the south and Betton in the west.
The A84 autoroute runs through the municipality from Rennes to Caen .
history
The two former municipalities Thorigné (also Thorigné-sur-Vilaine) and Fouillard were only merged in the early 1980s, despite considerable resistance from Fouillard.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 345 | 397 | 1245 | 3591 | 5257 | 6625 | 6846 | 8463 |
Attractions
- Saint-Melaine church, built around 1900
- Manoir de Tizé from the 15th century
Personalities
- Bertrand d'Argentré (1519–1580), lawyer and writer
Community partnerships
- Sibiu , Transylvania, Romania
- Győrújbarát , Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary
- Lusk , County Fingal, Ireland
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 818-821.
