history
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of the city of
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 ...
Saint George Palace
The Saint George Palace (French: ''Palais Saint-Georges'') is an historic building in the city of Rennes. Formerly an abbey residence, it was built in 1670 to replace a much older abbey building that stood on the same site. The Benedictine Abb ...
built.
* 1693 – Office of mayor established.
* 1700 – built.
* 1720 – December: .
* 1743 – Rennes City Hall built.
* 1757 – founded.
* 1768 – built.
* 1770 – Population: 23,143.
* 1790 – Rennes becomes part 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.
Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes
The Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes ( ''Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes'') is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Rennes, the capital of Brittany. Its collections range from ancient Egypt antiquities to the Modern art period and ...
and
Musée de Bretagne
The Brittany Museum () is a social history museum located in the Champs Libres cultural centre of Rennes, France. Originally structured as an archeology and ethnology museum, it is now a museum regional history and society – focusing on the ...
Opéra de Rennes
The Opéra de Rennes (Rennes Opera House) is an Italian-style opera house located in downtown Rennes, France. It was designed by Charles Millardet and built by Pierre Louise. It was inaugurated in 1836. It is located on Place de la Mairie, form ...
Gare de Rennes
Rennes station ( French: ''Gare de Rennes'') is situated in the town centre of Rennes, France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest, Rennes–Saint-Malo and the Rennes–Redon railways.
The station at Rennes was opened in 1857, and was situat ...
built.
* 1858 – founded.
* 1878 –
Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes
The ''Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes'' is a women's prison of the French Prison Service in Rennes, Brittany, France. Since 2008, it has been the only women's prison in France. Its operations began in 1878.Alfred Dreyfus' second trial takes place in Rennes.
Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport
Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport or ''Aéroport de Rennes–Saint-Jacques'' is a minor international airport about southwest of Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, in the region of Brittany, France.
History
Before the construction of this airport, Rennes ...
built.
* 1936 – built.
* 1940
**
German occupation
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prisoner-of-war camp
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for Allied POWs established by the Germans.
** October: Frontstalag 133 POW camp established by the Germans.
* 1944 – 4 August: Liberation of Rennes by Allied forces.
* 1946 – Population: 113,781.
* 1956 – Rennes partnered with
Exeter
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, UK.
* 1958 – Rennes partnered with
Rochester, New York
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, USA.
* 1961 – (assembly hall) opens on the .
* 1962 – Population: 151,948.
* 1964 – Rennes partnered with
Erlangen
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, Germany.
* 1965 – Rennes partnered with
Brno
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, Czech Republic.
* 1967 – Rennes partnered with
Sendai
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, Japan.
* 1968 – Rennes "Maison de la Culture" established.
* 1970 – University of Rennes 1 established.
* 1977 –
Edmond Hervé
Edmond Hervé (born 3 December 1942) is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party and French senator from 2008 to 2014. He was the mayor of Rennes from 1977 to 2008, succeeding Henri Fréville.
Biography
Born in La Bouillie, Côte ...
becomes mayor.
* 1980 – Rennes partnered with
Leuven
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, Belgium.
* 1982
** Rennes partnered with Setif, Algeria; and
Cork
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, Ireland.
** Rennes becomes part of the
Brittany (administrative region)
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Almaty
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, Kazakhstan.
* 1992
**
Gare de Rennes
Rennes station ( French: ''Gare de Rennes'') is situated in the town centre of Rennes, France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest, Rennes–Saint-Malo and the Rennes–Redon railways.
The station at Rennes was opened in 1857, and was situat ...
rebuilt.
** Rennes partnered with Hué, Vietnam.
* 1994 – February: .
* 1995 – Rennes partnered with
Bandiagara Cercle
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The cercle is divided into these communes:.
* Bandiagara
* Bara Sara
* Borko
* Dandoli
* Dia ...
, Mali.
* 1998 – Rennes partnered with
Poznań
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, Poland.
* 1999
** Rennes partnered with
Sibiu
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, Romania.
** Population: 206,229.
21st century
* 2002
** Rennes Metro begins operating.
** Rennes partnered with
Jinan
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, China.
* 2006 –
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' ...
cultural centre opens.
* 2008
** Pathe Gaumont cinema opens.
**
Daniel Delaveau
Daniel Delaveau (born 22 December 1952 in Châlette-sur-Loing, Loiret) is a French politician and former Mayor of Rennes. He is a member of the Socialist Party.
He was born in a working-class family, and was active in Catholic youth organization ...
French Wikipedia
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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 ...
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 ...