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métropole A ''métropole'' (French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in France, in which several communes cooperate, and which has the right to levy local tax, an ''établissement public de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre''. I ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

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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 ...

. It is located 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.

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, in the

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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, western

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. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ''

Communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...

de Rennes'', which had itself succeeded in 2000 to the previous district created in 1970 with less powers than the current métropole. Its area is 705.0 km². Its population was 451,762 in 2018, of which 217,728 in Rennes proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. 4 April 2022. The goal of the Métropoles (intercommunal structure for the largest French cities like

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

) is to build a better metropolitan area by synchronizing the transport system, environmental actions, urbanization, economic and social development, culture, university research, etc.

Participants

The métropole comprises the following 43 communes:Rennes Métropole (N° SIREN : 243500139)
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Acigné Acigné (; br, Egineg; Gallo: ''Aczeinyae'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. History Evidences of ancient occupation of the site go back to 3500 BCE. The areas was evangelized by Martin of T ...

Bécherel Bécherel (; , Gallo: ''Becherèu'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. History During the Roman times the town was positioned close to the important road linking Rennes with Dinan to the north. In ...

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 ...

# Bourgbarré # Brécé #

Bruz Bruz ( or ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Bruz is located near the center of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, 14 km from Rennes. It is near the confluence of the rivers Vil ...

Cesson-Sévigné Cesson-Sévigné () is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a suburb directly to the east of Rennes, bordered on its west side by the University of Rennes and the Technopole Atalante. It is primar ...

Chantepie Chantepie (; ; Gallo: ''Chauntepiy'') is a commune of Rennes Métropole located in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Chantepie are called ''Cantepiens'' in French. See also *Communes ...

La Chapelle-Chaussée La Chapelle-Chaussée (; br, Chapel-ar-Galc'hed) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of La Chapelle-Chaussée are called ''Chapellois'' in French. Gallery File:La Chape ...

La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz () is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz are called in French ''chapellois''. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine ...

La Chapelle-Thouarault La Chapelle-Thouarault (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Population See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 communes of the Ille-et-Vila ...

Chartres-de-Bretagne Chartres-de-Bretagne (; , Gallo: ''Chartr'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Inhabitants of Chartres-de-Bretagne are called ''Chartrains'' in French. Population See also *Communes of the Ille ...

Chavagne Chavagne (; ; Gallo: ''Chavayn'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Geography The river Meu forms all of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Vilaine, which forms all of its eastern ...

Chevaigné Chevaigné (; br, Kavaneg; Gallo: ''Chaevaènyaé'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Chevaigné are called ''Chevaignéens'' in French. See also *Communes of the I ...

Cintré Cintré (; ; Gallo: ''Ceintraé'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Geography The river Meu forms all of the commune's western border. Population Inhabitants of Cintré are called ''Cintréens'' ...

Clayes Clayes (; oc, Kloued; Gallo: ''Claès'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Clayes are called ''Clayens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine departme ...

Corps-Nuds Corps-Nuds (; ; Gallo: ''Cornut'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Corps-Nuds are called ''Cornusiens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...

# Gévezé #

L'Hermitage L'Hermitage (; ; Gallo: ''L'Ermitaij'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of L'Hermitage are called ''Hermitageois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine ...

# Laillé # Langan # Miniac-sous-Bécherel # Montgermont #

Mordelles Mordelles (; ; Gallo: ''Mordèll'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Geography The river Meu forms the commune's southwestern border. Population Inhabitants of Mordelles are called in French ' ...

# Nouvoitou # Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche # Orgères, Ille-et-Vilaine # Pacé # Parthenay-de-Bretagne # Pont-Péan #

(seat) # Le Rheu #

Romillé Romillé (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Romillé are called ''romilléens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a ...

# Saint-Armel # Saint-Erblon # Saint-Gilles # Saint-Grégoire #

Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande (; ; Gallo: ''Saent-Jaq'') is a commune of Rennes Métropole in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population People from Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande are called ''jacquolandins'' in French ...

# Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt # Thorigné-Fouillard # Le Verger #

Vern-sur-Seiche Vern-sur-Seiche (; ; Gallo: ''Vèrn'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Vern-sur-Seiche are called ''Vernois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine dep ...

# Vezin-le-Coquet Metropolitan Rennes (450,000 inhabitants) encompasses only the central part of the

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

of Rennes (750,000 inhabitants). Communes further away from the center of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as

Châteaugiron Châteaugiron (; ; Gallo: ''Chaujon'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. It extended on 1 January 2017 by merging with the former communes of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail and Ossé. Population Inhabit ...

Noyal-sur-Vilaine Noyal-sur-Vilaine (; br, Noal-ar-Gwilen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Noyal is some ten kilometres east of Rennes. Adjacent communes: * Acigné, * Brécé, * Cesson-Sévigné, * ...

Liffré Liffré (, Gallo: ''Lifrei'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is in the center of the region. Politics and administration Population Inhabitants of Liffré are called ''Liffréens'' in ...

, Melesse, La Mézière,

Montfort-sur-Meu Montfort-sur-Meu (, literally ''Montfort on Meu''; br, Moñforzh) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in the northwest of France. It is noted ...

Guichen Guichen (; ; Gallo: ''Gischen'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. History Population Inhabitants of Guichen are called ''Guichenais'' in French. Image gallery File: Halles-guichen-2014 ...

Gallery

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Metropole view File:Canal d'Ille et Rance à Chevaigné.jpg, The

Ille The Ille (; br, Il) is a small river in Brittany, France, right tributary of the river Vilaine. It is long. It flows into the Vilaine in the city Rennes. The Ille is linked to the river Rance by the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance. By this canal, Rennes ...

File:Wikipédia dans Rennes - Les Champs Libres - vue de loin.jpg, Metropolitan cultural center

Les Champs Libres Les Champs Libres (literally ''The Free Fields'') is a cultural center in Rennes, France hosting the Library of Rennes Métropole, the Museum of Brittany, the ''Espace des sciences'' (and its planetarium), and the ''Cantine numérique rennaise' ...

File:Bus et métro station Poterie (5618280569).jpg, Bus and

Rennes Metro The Rennes Metro (french: Métro de Rennes) ( br, Metro Roazhon) is a light metro system serving the city of Rennes in Brittany, France. Opened on March 15, 2002, it made Rennes the smallest city to have a metro system from 2002 to 2008. Curren ...

File:Emmanuel Couet, président de Rennes Métropole, septembre 2014.jpg, Metropole president File:Bécherel - Scorcio (2).jpg,

book town A book town is a town or village with many used book or antiquarian bookstores. These stores, as well as literary festivals, attract bibliophile tourists. Some book towns are members of the International Organisation of Book Towns. List of boo ...

File:Moulinboel.jpg, The

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 ...

File:Église Saint-Maximilien Kolbe 01.jpg, Saint-Maximilien church in

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