Rougé (; ) is a
commune in the
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. ...
department in western
France
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, near
Rennes
Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...
.
The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means ''the red place'', in reference to the high iron-composition of the ground.
Geography
The river
Chère
The Chère (; ) is a long river in the Loire-Atlantique and Ille-et-Vilaine '' départements'', northwestern France. Its source is at Soudan. It flows generally west. It is a left tributary of the Vilaine
The Vilaine (; ) is a river in Brit ...
forms small part of the commune's southern border.
Population
References
See also
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Communes of Loire-Atlantique
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