Vendel (; br, Gwennel;

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: ''Vandèu'') is a former

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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 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, ...

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 ...

in northwestern

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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune

Rives-du-Couesnon Rives-du-Couesnon (, literally ''Banks of the Couesnon''; br, Glannoù-ar-C'houenon) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Sain ...

.Arrêté préfectoral
17 October 2018

Geography

Vendel is located northeast 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 ...

and south of

Mont Saint-Michel Mont-Saint-Michel (; Norman: ''Mont Saint Miché''; ) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island lies approximately off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is ...

. The adjacent communes are

La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert (; Gallo: ''La Chapèll-Saent-Aubèrt'', br, Chapel-Sant-Alverzh) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert is located at in the North-East ...

Billé Billé (; br, Bilieg; Gallo: ''Bilhae'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Billé are called ''Billéens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine depa ...

Saint-Georges-de-Chesné Saint-Georges-de-Chesné (; br, Sant-Jord-Kadeneg) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Couesnon.Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon (, literally ''Saint-Jean on Couesnon''; br, Sant-Yann-ar-C'houenon) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du- ...

Population

Inhabitants of Vendel are called ''Vendelais'' in French.

References

External links

Geography of Brittany
* Former communes of Ille-et-Vilaine {{IlleVilaine-geo-stub