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The 4 arrondissements
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
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France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'', ...
of the Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.
department
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are:
# Arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré, (subprefecture
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: Fougères
Fougères (; br, Felger; Gallo: ''Foujerr'') is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the region of Brittany in northwestern France.
As of 2017, Fougères had 20,418 inhabitants. The Fougères area comprises appr ...
) with 106 communes
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. The population of the arrondissement was 184,039 in 2016.
# Arrondissement of Redon, (subprefecture: Redon
Redon (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Geography
Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique departments.
It is situated at the junction of th ...
) with 50 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 102,157 in 2016.
# Arrondissement of Rennes
The arrondissement of Rennes is an arrondissement of France in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region. It has 109 communes. Its population is 599,717 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Renn ...
, (prefecture
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of the Ille-et-Vilaine department: 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 ...
) with 109 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 599,717 in 2016.
# Arrondissement of Saint-Malo, (subprefecture: Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast.
The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli ...
) with 68 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 165,866 in 2016.
History
In 1800 the arrondissements of Rennes, Fougères, Montfort, Redon, Saint-Malo and Vitré were established. The arrondissements of Montfort and Vitré were disbanded in 1926. In 2010 the arrondissement of Fougères was renamed ''Fougères-Vitré'', and it absorbed the six cantons of Argentré-du-Plessis, Châteaubourg, La Guerche-de-Bretagne, Retiers, Vitré-Est and Vitré-Ouest from the arrondissement of Rennes. The borders of the arrondissements of Ille-et-Vilaine were modified in January 2017: * four communes from the arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré to the arrondissement of Rennes * one commune from the arrondissement of Redon to the arrondissement of Rennes * five communes from the arrondissement of Rennes to the arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré * seven communes from the arrondissement of Rennes to the arrondissement of Saint-MaloReferences
{{Arrondissements of FranceIlle-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.