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Rennes Rennes (Breton: Roazhon) is a city of northwestern France, in the east of Brittany. Rennes is the capital of the Bretagne rgion, as well as the prfecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine dpartement. Population of the city (commune) of Rennes at the 1999 census was 206,229 inhabitants (209,100 inhabitants as of February 2004 estimates). Population of the whole metropolitan area (French: aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 521,188 inhabitants, ranking twelfth in France. Administration The current mayor of Rennes is Edmond Herv, who has been in power since 1977, when he replaced Henri Frville. Geography The town is built on a hill, with the north side being more elevated than the south side. It is at the meeting point of two rivers: the Ille and the Vilaine (hence the name of the dpartement Ille-et-Vilaine). History - See separate article History of Rennes.
Economy Local industries include car manufacturing and telecommunications. Citron, currently the largest employer of the population of Rennes, opened a manufacturing plant at Rennes La Janais in 1961 to manufacture the Ami. Culture Rennes invests heavily in arts and culture and a number of its festivals (such as the music festival Les Transmusicales, les Tombes de la Nuit and le Travelling (a cinematic festival)) are well known throughout France. Since February 14 2005, there has been a local television channel called Rennes TV. Rennes is home to Stade Rennais FC, who play in the French Premier League Miscellaneous Colleges, universities and research facilities The Rennes agglomeration has a large student population (around 60,000). The city has two main universities: - Universit de Rennes 1 http://www.univ-rennes1.fr/: science, technology, medicine, philosophy, law, management and economics-based centre
- Universit de Rennes 2 http://www.uhb.fr/: the arts, literature, languages, communication, human and social sciences, sport
The cole Normale Suprieure de Cachan has a branch on the Ker Lann campus, just outside Rennes. An cole Suprieure for science and politics (Sciences-Po) is based in Rennes called the Institut d'Etudes Politiques http://www.rennes.iep.fr The computer science and applied mathematics research institute IRISA is in the suburbs of Rennes. Transportation Rennes has well developed national road, rail and air links and is two hours by TGV train from Paris. Local transport is based primarily on an extensive bus network (38 different lines) and a metro line that was inaugurated in March 2002. The metro line, called the VAL, which cost 500 million Euro to construct, is 9.4 km in length and has 15 stations, including one designed by architect Norman Foster. See also: Rennes Rail Station Twinned towns These twinned towns are inscribed on the bridge over the central canal of Rennes: Broadcasting facilities External links
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