ille-et-vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine is a dpartement of France, located in Brittany (Bretagne in French) in the northwest corner of France.

Ille-et-Vilaine
Logo officiel du Conseil Gnral du dpartement de l'Ille-et-Vilaine Logo of the Conseil Gnral of Ille-et-Vilaine
Information
Region :	Bretagne
Prefecture :	Rennes
Sub-prefectures :	Fougres Redon Saint-Malo
Main cities :	Vitre Cesson-Svign Bruz
Population - Total (1999) - Density	867,533 inhab. 128 inh./km
Area	6 775 km
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	53
Communes	352
President of the general council	Jean-Louis Tourenne (june 2004)
Localisation
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History

Ille-et-Vilaine was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Brittany.

Ille-et-Vilaine is a part of the current rgion of Bretagne and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Mayenne, Maine-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Morbihan, and Ctes-d'Armor, as well as the English Channel on the north. Major rivers running through it are the Ille, the Vilaine, the Rance and the Couesnon.

The population has grown over the last few decades and was estimated at 903,400 in January 2003.

Gallo is a historic minority language spoken in eastern Brittany. Gallo and Breton are both studied at the University of Rennes.

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