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Cesson-Sévigné () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in 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 in
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
in northwestern
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. It is a suburb directly to the east of Rennes, bordered on its west side by the
University of Rennes The University of Rennes is a public research university which will be officially reconstituted on 1 January 2023 and located in the city of Rennes, in Upper Brittany, France. The University of Rennes has been divided for almost 50 years, before ...
and the Technopole Atalante. It is primarily a residential area for the middle class. The south side is a mix of commercial and industrial areas, the largest to the east of Rennes. One of the French famous
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Telecom Bretagne Telecom may refer to: * Telecommunications ** A telephone company (or ''telecommunications service provider'') ** The telecommunications industry * Telecom Animation Film, a Japanese studio See also * Telcom (disambiguation) * Telekom (disambi ...
also known as ENST Bretagne has one of its campus here.Telecom Bretagne - Rennes campus
. Retrieved 16 Octobre 2010. This campus is renowned and reputed for its work in networking domain.


Population

A small rural town in the early 1960s, the town grew quickly during the following decades. In 1999, it was the fifth commune in the department after Rennes,
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 ...
,
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 ...
, and Vitré. Inhabitants of Cesson-Sévigné are called ''Cessonnais'' in French.


Culture

The town has a large collection of sculpture by the French Romantic-Realist artist Jean Boucher, who was born there. A
sculpture park A sculpture garden or sculpture park is an outdoor garden or park which includes the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaping, landscaped surroundings. A sculpture garden may be privat ...
extends from the Hotel de Ville, and a large statue commemorating
Camille Desmoulins Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins (; 2 March 17605 April 1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. Desmoulins was tried and executed alongside Georges Danton when the Committee ...
occupies a nearby junction. Other sculptures are present in the ''Centre Culturel'', which also hosts a rolling program of exhibitions and other events. The town is also graced by a wide variety of parks and gardens, especially the formal garden of the Manoir de Bourchevreuil, which is also open to the public. A large public space exists in the newtown area known as La Monniais. The town won the Grand National Award in the Floral Towns competition in 2005 and the gold medal at the European "
Entente Florale The Entente Florale Europe (, "Flowery Alliance of Europe") is an international horticultural competition established to recognise municipalities and villages in Europe for excellence in horticultural displays. Trophies are presented annually by t ...
" in 1999.


Sights

*The cultural centre. *Bourgchevreuil Manor, in the centre of the town. *The church. *The Museum of Communications here Ferrié which opened in 2004 near the ESAT in the technology center of Rennes Atalante. *Chalotais Manor. *The course of the river
Vilaine The Vilaine (; br, Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is 218 km ...
, formerly named "rue de la Mairie," is the main artery of the old Cesson. It is bordered by a set of simple houses or shops in stone, in an alignment giving a remarkable perspective view (beside the church). *"Castle" (nineteenth century), manor house and barn of Fresnerie (sixteenth century). *Church, built in 1902. *The Gaudaie Manor. *Castle Cucé, historic monument with perimeter protection; it is beyond the Menouriais, on the border with Chantepie. *The natural site of the Vilaine and old bridges. Facing the Calvaire, there is a fourth bridge, smaller and obscured by an embankment in recent years. *The site of the park and La Monniais with its grand house in the English style, nicknamed the castle, and farther along the road, the old manor. This site has served as a stone quarry. *The Dézerseul ponds, a nature reserve created by the town in 1973 for recreation and leisure, composed of 40 hectares. *The port of Cesson, leaving over the Vilaine, at the intersection with the Rue de Rennes, which it faces. Its heyday was at the beginning of the eighteenth century, with the transport of stone extracted from Cesson, for the reconstruction of Rennes. *From Fresnerie (street and park) to the Vilaine, through the course of Vilaine, the walker can discover flying bats,
pipistrelle ''Pipistrellus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word , meaning "bat" (from Latin "bird of evening, bat"). The size of the genus has been cons ...
s and other birds. All these species, as well as their habitats, are protected. They nest in the stone walls and under the roof of the old houses, hunt around the trees and on the Vilaine.


International relations

The commune is twinned with: *
Waltrop Waltrop is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Datteln-Hamm Canal, approximately 15 km east of Recklinghausen and 15 km north-west of Dortmund. Division of the town The tow ...
, Germany since 1984 *
Carrick-on-Shannon Carrick-on-Shannon () is the county town of County Leitrim in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is the largest town in the county of Leitrim. A smaller part of the town lies in County Roscommon. The population of the town was 4,062 in 2016. It is ...
, Ireland * Dan-Kassari, Niger


See also

*
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Town official website

Cultural Heritage
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