The Ille (; br, Il) is a small

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

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, right tributary 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 ...

. It is long. It flows into the Vilaine in the city

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 ...

. The Ille is linked to the river

Rance Rance may refer to: Places * Rance (river), northwestern France * Rancé, a commune in eastern France, near Lyon * Ranče, a small settlement in Slovenia * Rance, Wallonia, part of the municipality of Sivry-Rance ** Rouge de Rance, a Devonian re ...

by the

Canal d'Ille-et-Rance The Canal d'Ille-et-Rance (, literally ''Canal of Ille and Rance''; br, Kanol an Il hag ar Renk) is a long canal in northwestern France connecting Dinan to the Vilaine at Rennes, thus forming part of the English Channel/Atlantic Ocean link which ...

. By this canal, Rennes has a connection with the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

coast at

St. 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 ...

. The canal is used primarily for tourist boats. The Ille flows through the

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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.

and the following towns:

Montreuil-sur-Ille Montreuil-sur-Ille (, literally ''Montreuil on Ille''; ; Gallo: ''Móstroelh'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Montreuil-sur-Ille are called in French ''Montreuillais' ...

Betton Betton may refer to: Places * Betton, Ille-et-Vilaine, France * Betton, Shropshire, England * Betton-Bettonet, Savoie, France * Betton Strange Betton Strange is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire. It is only south of Shrewsbury town ...

and

. From Montreuil to Rennes the river runs parallel to the

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Brittany Rivers of Ille-et-Vilaine {{France-river-stub