Trans-la-Forêt (, before 1996: ''Trans'')
Décret du 7 août 1996 portant changement de nom de communes
''Journal officiel de la République française
The ''Official Journal of the French Republic'' (), also known as the ''JORF'' or ''JO'', is the government gazette of the French Republic. It publishes the major legal official information from the national Government of France, the French Pa ...
'' n° 0186, 10 August 1996, pp. 12182-12183. is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Ill-e-Vilaenn'', ) is a departments of France, department of France, located in the regions of France, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named a ...
department in Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in northwestern France.
It is the site of the 939 AD Battle of Trans-la-Forêt
The Battle of Trans-la-Fôret was fought on 1 August 939 between the occupying Vikings and the Bretons, led by a joint army of Alan II, Hugh II of Maine, and Judicael Berengar.
Political landscape
Throughout the early 900's, the states of Br ...
.
Population
See also
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References
External links
Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association
Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine
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