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Rennes is the [[capital]] of the [[Bretagne]] ''[[région in France|région]]'', as well as the ''[[préfecture]]'' of the [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] ''[[département in France|département]]''. Population of the city ([[Commune in France|commune]]) of Rennes at the [[1999]] census was 206,229 inhabitants (209,100 inhabitants as of February [[2004]] estimates). Population of the whole metropolitan area ([[French language|French]]: ''[[aire urbaine]]'') at the [[1999]] [[census]] was 521,188 [[population|inhabitants]], and 588,684 inhabitants as of 2007 estimate. Inhabitants of Rennes are called Rennais. ==Administration== The current [[mayor]] of Rennes is [[Daniel Delaveau]], a member of the [[Socialist Party (France)|French Socialist Party]] who replaced [[Edmond Hervé]] in 2008. Edmond Hervé was the mayor of Rennes for more than thirty years, from 1977 to 2008. The "mairie" (''mayor's office'') is right in the centre of Rennes. Rennes is divided into 11 [[canton in France|canton]]s: * Rennes-Bréquigny (15&nbsp;397 inhabitants) * Rennes-Centre (19&nbsp;017 inhabitants) * Rennes-Centre-Ouest (21&nbsp;264 inhabitants) * Rennes-Centre-Sud (15&nbsp;774 inhabitants) * Rennes-Est (20&nbsp;323 inhabitants) * Rennes-le-Blosne (21&nbsp;151 inhabitants) * Rennes-Nord (21&nbsp;845 inhabitants) * Rennes-Nord-Est (18&nbsp;224 inhabitants) * Rennes-Nord-Ouest, which includes parts of Rennes and the communes of [[Gévezé]], [[Pacé (Ille-et-Vilaine)|Pacé]] and [[Parthenay-de-Bretagne]] (28&nbsp;130 inhabitants) * Rennes-Sud-Est, which includes parts of Rennes and the communes of [[Chantepie]] and [[Vern-sur-Seiche]] (33&nbsp;459 inhabitants) * Rennes-Sud-Ouest, which includes parts of Rennes and the communes of [[Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande]] and [[Vezin-le-Coquet]] (28&nbsp;707 inhabitants) ==Geography== The ancient centre of the town is built on a hill, with the north side being more elevated than the south side. It is at the confluence of two rivers: the [[Ille]] and the [[Vilaine]]. ==Sights== {{cleanup|date=January 2008}} Rennes is classified as a city of art and history. ===Historic Centre=== The ''[[Parlement]] de Bretagne'' (Parliament of [[Brittany]], Plasenn Breujoù Breizh) is arguably the most famous 17th century building in Rennes. It was rebuilt after a terrible fire in 1994. It houses the [[Rennes Court of Appeals]]. Basilica Saint-Sauveur is also located in the historic centre. Colorful traditional [[timber frame]] houses are situated primarily along the roads of Saint-Sauveur, Saint-Georges, de Saint-Malo, Saint-Guillaume, des Dames, du Chapitre, Vasselot, Saint-Michel, de la Psallette and around the plazas of Champ-Jacquet, des Lices, Saint-Anne and Rallier-du-Baty. There are 16th century polychromatic wooden busts in the façade of 20, Rue du Chapitre. * Place des Lices and surrounding area **Les Halles Martenot of the 19th century, built between 1868 and 1871 by [[Jean-Baptiste Martenot]], host the market on Saturday mornings (the third largest market in France). **The Mordelaises Gate (Portes Mordelaises), chatelet with two [[tower]]s and a [[drawbridge]] **The remaining fortifications of the 3rd century **The Jehan Duchesne tower of the 15th century, on rue Nantaise **The 15th century ramparts east of the [[Gallo-Roman]] fortifications, in place Rallier-du-Baty. * The former St. Yves chapel, now the tourist bureau and a museum about historic Rennes development. * Place Saint-Anne (Plasenn Santez-Anna) **Saint-Aubin Church **Location of a former 14th century hospital **[[Syriac Orthodox Church|Jacobite]] [[convent]] *La rue Saint-Michel nicknamed ''rue de la soif'' (''road of thirst'') because there are bars all along this street. * Area from Saint-Mélaine to Place Saint-Mélaine **Notre-Dame en Saint-Mélaine Church, ***tower and transept from the 11th century Benedictine [[abbey]] of Saint-Mélaine ***14th century [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] arcades ***17th century columnar façade ***bell tower topped with a gilded Virgin Mary (19th century) ***17th century cloister **Magnificent park, The Parc Thabor, (formal French garden, orangerie, rose garden, aviary), on 10 hectares of land, built between 1860 and 1867. [[Image:Rennes-Thabor-Bandshell.jpg|thumb|Thabor park's bandstand.]] **The 17th century promenade "la Motte à Madame", and a monumental stair overlooking the rue de Paris entrance to the Thabor. * Rue Saint-Georges and rue Gambetta **1920's Saint George Municipal Pool, with mosaics **Saint George Palace, and its garden * Place de la Mairie (City Hall Plaza, Plasenn Ti Ker) **City Hall **Opera *Place du Vau-Saint-Germain **Vau de Saint-Germain Church **Saint-Germain footbridge, 20th century wood and metal construction to link the plaza with Émile Zola Quay. *Place du Champ-Jacquet **statue of Leperdit ripping up a [[conscription]] list. ===South of the Vilaine=== The Fine Arts Museum is situated on Quai Émile Zola (Émile Zola Quay), by the [[Vilaine]] River. [http://www.leschampslibres.fr/36392593/0/fiche___pagelibre/ Les Champs Libres] is a building on Esplanade Charles de Gaulle designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc that houses the [http://www.musee-bretagne.fr/24671474/0/fiche___pagelibre/ Brittany Museum (Musée de Bretagne)], regional library [http://www.bibliotheque-rennesmetropole.fr/24669219/0/fiche___pagelibre/ Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole] on six levels and a [http://www.espace-sciences.org/ Espace des Sciences] science centre with a planetarium. At Place Honoré Commeurec is Les Halles centrales, a covered market of 1922, with a part converted into contemporary art gallery. Mercure Hotel is located in a restored building on rue du Pré-Botté, which was the prior location of Ouest-Éclair, and then of [[Ouest-France]], a premier daily regional newspaper. There are large mills at Rue Duhamel, constructed on each side of the south branch of the Vilaine in 1895 and 1902. <gallery> Image:Hdrt1 (Large).jpg|Place de la Mairie Image:Flickr22.jpg|Rue St. Michel, Rennes Image:Flickr3.jpg |Inside, Gare de Rennes </gallery> ===Other sights=== To the North-west of Rennes, near rue de Saint-Malo are the sluices of the canal d'Ille-et-Rance of 1843. There are two halls of the printer, Oberthür, built by Marthenot between 1870 and 1895 on Rue de Paris in the eastern part of the city. Oberthür Park is the second biggest garden in the city. The 17th century manor of Haute-Chalais, a granite chateau, is situated to the south of the city in Blosne Quarter (Bréquigny). ==History== {{main|History of Rennes}} Rennes is the capital of the région of [[Brittany]], in [[France]], the seat of the 'préfecture de région' and of the 'conseil régional'. It has a long history due to its location at the confluence of two rivers. The eastern [[Armorican]] people of Redones founded Condate— an ancient Celtic word meaning confluent— at the confluence of the Ille and Vilaine rivers and made it the capital of a territory that extended to the Bay of [[Mont Saint-Michel]]. The name of the city of Redon also reflects that of the Redones. Early in the 1st century BCE, they adopted the Greek and Roman practice of issuing coinage [1], adapting the widely-imitated gold staters of [[Philip II of Macedon]], in the characteristic Celtic coin metal alloy called billion. Without inscriptions, as the Celtic practice was, the Redones coinage features a charioteer whose pony has a human head. Large hoards of their coins were unearthed in the "treasure of Amanlis" found in June 1835 and that of [[Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande]], discovered in February 1941. The Museum at Rennes contains a large representative collection. They joined the [[Gaulish coalition]] against Rome in 57 BCE, which was suppressed by [[Crassus]]. The following year, Roman emissaries were held hostage by the Redones, which obliged [[Julius Caesar]] to intervene in [[Armorica]] and suppress the rebels, and the following year to cross the Channel to discourage further support of the Redones by the Britons. In 52 the Redones responded to the call of [[Vercingetorix]] to furnish a large contingent of warriors (Caesar, Gallic Wars II.34; VII.75) ===Roman era=== In the Roman era, Condate became Condate Riedonum, capital of civitas riedonum The oldest known rennais is Titus Flavius Postuminus, known to us from his [[stele]]s found in Rennes in 1968. As indicated by his name, he would have been born under the [[Flavian dynasty]], under the reign of [[Titus]], i.e. between 79 and 81 AD. One of the steles tell us, in Latin, that he took charge over all the public affairs in the Civitas Riedonum. He was twice [[duumvir]] and [[flamine]] for life for [[Mars Mullo]]. During the Roman era, the strategic position of the town contributed to its importance. To the west the principal Roman route, via Osismii stretched from Condate to Vorgium (modern [[Carhaix]]). In the year 275, the threat of barbarians led to the erection of a robust brick wall around Rennes. Rennes became known as the "red town". Threatened by the danger of peasant marauders called ''[[bagaudae]]'' at the end of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Armorican peninsula, including Brittany and therefore Rennes, made up the last of the stronghold of the western Roman Empire. The invincible Armorican Romans held their ground against [[Clovis I]], who occupied most of Alamans, then the [[Visigoths]]. [[Melaine]], the [[bishop of Rennes]], played an important role in the peace treaty between the Franks and the Armoricans in the year 497. He famously declared "Il faut faire la paix entre chrétiens" ("Peace must be made between Christians"). ===Middle Ages=== Starting in the fifth century, [[Britons (historic)|Breton]]s occupied the western part of the Armorican penensula, which started to be called little Britain, and then [[Brittany]], while the Franks took the rest of [[Armorica]]. To contain the expansion and avoid Breton incursions, the [[Carolingian]]s instituted a Breton march, composed of the counties of Rennes, [[Nantes]], and [[Vannes]]. These marches were entirely absorbed by the Breton Kingdom in the ninth century, and Rennes became Breton in 851. Rennes would later become the capital of Ducal Brittany. During the [[Breton War of Succession]], in 1356 and 1357, the city was laid siege to by Henry of Grosmont, the Duke of Lancaster, cousin of the English king, but Bertrand du Guesclin slipped into the city and took over the resistance, which would ultimately be victorious. After nearly a year, Lancaster renounced the English siege in 1357. [[Image:Rennes Cité Judiciaire.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Cité Judiciaire, an example of the striking modern architecture present in Rennes.]] In 1491, it was the French army of Charles VIII, led by his general, La Trémoïlle, that unsuccessfully attacked Rennes. Brittany having already capitulated elsewhere, Rennes alone still resisted. The defenders of Rennes were determined to resist to the death, but the Duchess [[Anne of Brittany]] chose instead to negotiate. By her marriage to Charles VIII, she made Brittany a part of France. Anne jealously guarded Brittany's autonomy, but the duchy was eventually fully merged with the French crown by her daughter [[Claude of France]]. ===Modern era=== In 1857 [[Gare de Rennes| the Rennes train station]] was built, which gradually led to the southward sprawl of the town. In 1899 [[Dreyfus Affair|Alfred Dreyfus' trial]] in Rennes caused a national commotion. During [[World War II]] Rennes suffered heavy damage from just three German airplanes which hit an ammunition train parked alongside French and English troop trains and near a refugee train on the yard : 1,000 died. The next day, [[June 18]] [[1940]], German troops entered the city. Later, Rennes endured heavy bombings in March and May of 1943, and again in June of 1944, causing thousands of deaths. Patton's army freed the capital of Brittany on August 4, as retreating German troops blew the bridges behind them, adding further damage. About 50,000 German prisoners were kept in four camps, in a city of only about 100,000 inhabitants at the time. From 1954 onwards the city developed extensive building plans to accommodate upwards of 520,000 inhabitants, helping it become the third fastest-growing city in France, after Toulouse and Montpellier (1999 census). {{-}} ==Economy== Local industries include car manufacturing and telecommunications. [[Citroën]], currently the largest employer of the population of Rennes, opened a manufacturing plant at Rennes La Janais in 1961. Thomson employs over 1,000. Rennes is also one of first [[Technopole]]s in France that were established in an effort to stimulate the economies of regions other than [[Paris]] during the [[Aménagement du territoire]]. ==Culture== [[Image:Historic downtown of Rennes, France.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Historic downtown on a quiet Sunday afternoon]] Rennes invests heavily in arts and culture and a number of its festivals (such as the music festival ''Les [[Transmusicales]]'', ''les Tombées de la Nuit'' and ''Travelling (a cinematic festival)'') are well known throughout France. Rennes was one of the first towns in France to have its own television channel 'TV Rennes', created in 1987. In Rennes is the only Institut Franco-Américain in France. Rennes is home to [[Stade Rennais FC]], who play at [[Stade de la Route de Lorient|Route de Lorient stadium, 31,000 seats]] in the [[Ligue 1|French Division One]]. There are 4 museums in Rennes : musée des beaux arts (museum of fine arts), musée de Bretagne (museum of Brittany) at the Champs Libres, together with le 'espace of sciences' and a planetarium), Museum of farming and Rennes countryside at la Bintinais, south of Rennes, museum of transmissions at Cesson. ==Education== The Rennes agglomeration has a large student population (around 60,000). The [[Breton]] language is taught in some schools, and in university. The city has two main universities;''[[Université de Rennes 1]]'' [http://www.univ-rennes1.fr/], which offers courses in science, technology, medicine, philosophy, law, management and economics and ''[[Université Rennes 2]]'' [http://www.uhb.fr/], which has courses in the arts, literature, languages, communication, human and social sciences, sport. [[Image:Breton school sign in Rennes.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Breton bilingual classes in a French school in the city centre.]] There are a few ''[[Education in France#École Supérieure|École Supérieure]]s'' in Rennes. The ''[[École Normale Supérieure de Cachan]]'' has a branch on the Ker Lann campus, just outside Rennes. An ''[[Education in France#École Supérieure|École Supérieure]]'' for political science, ''[[Institut d'études politiques de Rennes]]'' [http://www.rennes.iep.fr], is also based in Rennes. There is also a branch of ''[[École Supérieure d'Électricité]]'' - [[Supélec]] in the east of the city ([[Cesson-Sévigné]]), ''[[Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rennes]]'' and the ''[[grande école]]'' [[INSA Rennes|Institut National des Sciences Appliquées]]. The computer science and applied mathematics research institute, [[IRISA]], is in the suburbs of Rennes. The ''[[Délégation Générale pour l'Armement]]'' (defense procurement agency) operates the CELAR research center, dedicated to electronics and computing, in Bruz, a suburb. ==Football club== {{Football club infobox | clubname = Stade Rennais | image = [[Image:logo stade rennais.gif|100px|logo]]| fullname = Stade Rennais<br>Football Club | nickname = ''Les Rouges et Noirs<br/>(red and blacks)''| founded = [[1901]] | ground = [[Stade de la Route de Lorient|Route de Lorient]],<br />[[Rennes]] | capacity = 31,127 | chairman = [[Frédéric de Saint-Sernin]] | manager = [[Pierre Dréossi]] | league = [[Ligue 1]] | season = [[Ligue 1 season 2006/2007|2006-2007]] | position = 4th | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FF0000|body1=FF0000|rightarm1=FF0000|shorts1=000000|socks1=000000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }} '''Stade Rennais Football Club''' is a [[France|French]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club from the city of [[Rennes]], will play their 48th season in [[Ligue 1]] (the top French division) in 2007-08. The team coach and manager is [[Guy Lacombe]] and the president is [[Frédéric de Saint-Sernin]], who is close to [[billionaire]] [[François Pinault]], who owns the team. Founded in 1901 as '''Stade Rennais Université Club''' they assumed their current name in 1971. In the same year, the club won its last notable trophy, the [[Coupe de France]], defeating [[Olympique Lyonnais]] in [[Coupe de France Final 1971|the final]]. ==Transportation== Rennes has well developed national road, rail and air links and is two hours by [[TGV]] from [[Paris]]. Local transport is based primarily on an extensive bus network (38 different lines) and a [[metro]] line that was inaugurated in March 2002 and cost €500 millions to build. The driverless [[Rennes Metro]] is 9.4 km in length and has 15 stations, including one designed by architect [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]]. Rennes is one of the smallest cities in the world to have a metro. A second metro line is being planned, it should be operational by 2018, and the construction will begin in 2013.<ref>[http://www.rennes.maville.com/Le-projet-de-nouvelle-ligne-du-metro-sur-les-rails/re/actudet/actu_loc-379291---_actu.html Rennes.maville.com Le projet de nouvelle ligne du métro sur les rails<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (reference is in French). See also: [[Gare de Rennes]] Rennes is also served by an airport, [[Rennes-St. Jacques Airport]], located 4.5 miles from the center to the south-west in the commune [[Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande]]. == Twinned towns == These twinned towns are inscribed on the bridge over the central canal of Rennes: * {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Exeter]] (UK) since 1957. * {{flagicon|United States}} [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] (New York, USA) since 1958. * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Erlangen]] (Germany) since 1964. * {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Brno]] (Czech Republic) since 1965. * {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Sendai, Miyagi|Sendai]] (Miyagi, Japan) since 1967. * {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Leuven]] (Belgium) since 1980. * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Cork (city)|Cork]] (Ireland) since 1982. * {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Setif]] (Algeria) since 1982. * {{flagicon|France}} [[Rennes-les-Bains]] (Aude, France) since 1985. * {{flagicon|China}} [[Jinan]] (Shandong, China) since 1985. * {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Almaty]] (Kazakhstan) since 1991. * {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Poznań]] (Poland) since 1998. * {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Sibiu]] (Romania) since 1999. * {{flagicon|Mali}} [[Plateau Dogon]] (Mali) since 1999 == Broadcasting facilities == *[[Transmitter Rennes-Thourie]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons|Rennes}} {{wiktionary}} * [http://www.rennes.aeroport.fr// Rennes Airport] * [http://www.ville-rennes.fr/ City council website] * [http://www.parlement-bretagne.com Parlement de Bretagne] * {{wikitravel}} * [http://tip2trip.com/france/rennes/rennes/ Photos of Rennes] * [http://france-for-visitors.com/brittany/rennes/index.html Rennes for visitors] - In English * [http://trippingdiary.blogspot.com/2005/12/france-rennes.html Tripping diary - Rennes] * [http://www.impro.infini.fr Rennes improvisation theatre] * [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=rennes+france&ll=48.113964,-1.671295&spn=0.067161,0.193634&t=k&om=1 Rennes in Google Maps] * [http://rennes.cafesfrance.com/?langue=english Going out in Rennes] * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayushbhandari/sets/72157601743821618/ Rennes in Pictures] {{Préfectures of départements of France}} {{Préfectures of régions of France}} [[Category:Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine]] [[Category:Rennes|*]] [[af:Rennes]] [[ar:رين]] [[frp:Renes]] [[bar:Rennes]] [[br:Roazhon]] [[bg:Рен]] [[ca:Rennes]] [[ceb:Rennes]] [[cs:Rennes]] [[cy:Roazhon]] [[da:Rennes]] [[de:Rennes]] [[et:Rennes]] [[el:Ρεν]] [[es:Rennes]] [[eo:Rennes]] [[eu:Rennes]] [[fr:Rennes]] [[ko:렌 (프랑스)]] [[id:Rennes]] [[it:Rennes]] [[kw:Roazhon]] [[la:Condate Redonum]] [[lv:Renna]] [[lt:Renas]] [[nl:Rennes]] [[ja:レンヌ]] [[no:Rennes]] [[nn:Rennes]] [[nrm:Rennes]] [[oc:Rennes]] [[pl:Rennes]] [[pt:Rennes]] [[ro:Rennes]] [[qu:Rennes]] [[ru:Ренн]] [[simple:Rennes]] [[sd:غين]] [[sk:Rennes]] [[sl:Rennes]] [[sr:Рен (Француска)]] [[fi:Rennes]] [[sv:Rennes]] [[vi:Rennes]] [[tr:Rennes (şehir)]] [[uk:Ренн]] [[vec:Rennes]] [[vo:Rennes]] [[zh:雷恩]]