The Agrocampus Rennes (in

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called in full ''École nationale supérieure agronomique de Rennes'', meaning "Higher Institution for agricultural sciences of Rennes") was a French

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created in 1849, training students mostly in the

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

and life sciences fields. In 2008, Agrocampus Rennes was merged with Institut National d'Horticulture et de Paysage, another agricultural sciences school located in western France, to create Agrocampus Ouest.

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Official website in French

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

Educational institutions established in 1849 1849 establishments in France Monuments historiques of Ille-et-Vilaine {{France-university-stub