Rennes

Rennes is a city in France, the prefecture of Brittany and the Ille-et-Vilaine department. Its name is « Roazhoncode: br is deprecated  » in the Breton language.

Rennes Roazhon pronounced [ˈrwaːzən]
Motto: Live in harmony (French: "Vivre en intelligence")
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Top to bottom, left to right : City hall, Marché des Lices, Rennes Metro, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, Opera of Rennes by night, University of Rennes 2, Skyline of Rennes from Cathedral
Flag of Rennes	Coat of arms of Rennes
Administration
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Rennes-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Intercommunality	Rennes Métropole
Mayor	Nathalie Appéré (PS) (2014-2020)
Statistics
Elevation	20–74 m (66–243 ft) (avg. 30 m (98 ft))
Land area1	50.39 km2 (19.46 sq mi)
Population2	211,373  (2013)
- Density	4,195/km2 (10,870/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	35238/ 35000, 35200, 35700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Education

The Rennes agglomeration has a large student population (around 63,000) and 2 universities :

• University of Rennes 1 (26 000 students)
• University of Rennes 2 - Upper Brittany (22 000 students)

A campus of the computer science schools École pour l'informatique et les techniques avancées and École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies , the university in electric energy and information sciences Supélec, the engineering school CentraleSupélec. The business schools Rennes School of Business and Paris School of Business are also in Rennes.

Twin towns – sister cities

Exeter, England, UK (since 1956) Rochester, New York, USA (since 1958) Erlangen, Germany (since 1964) Brno, Czech Republic (since 1965) Sendai, Japan (since 1967) Leuven, Belgium (since 1980) Sétif, Algeria (since 1982)

Cork, Ireland (since 1982) Almaty, Kazakhstan (since 1991) Plateau Dogon, Mali (since 1995) Poznań, Poland (since 1998) Sibiu, Romania (since 1999) Jinan, China (since 2002)

Within France

Saint-Gilles-du-Mené, France (since 1978) Rennes-les-Bains, France (since 1985)

Pacts of cooperation

Huế, Vietnam (since 1992) Bandiagara Cercle, Mali (since 1995)

Sponsorship

Vouziers, France

Gallery

• Rennes hôtels Lices.jpg

  Some medieval houses, place des Lices.

• Remains of the Gallo-Roman City wall.

• An elevated section of Metro

• The Mordelles Gates, built in 1440, by night.

• La Vilaine à Rennes.JPG

  The banks of the Vilaine.

• Rennes old houses DSC08918.jpg

  Other old houses in Rennes

• Lac du parc Oberthür.jpg

  Oberthür Park in Rennes

Rennes Media

• Plan quartiers Rennes.svg

  Neighbourhoods of Rennes in 2008

• Nathalie Appéré - Février 2013 - 05.JPG

  Nathalie Appéré, current mayor of Rennes

• Green Belt between Rennes and L'Hermitage

• Tour telecom.JPG

  Tour de télécom à Cesson-Sévigné

• Les Tombées de la Nuit 2007 - ambiance Café Baraque.jpg

  A festival by night at Thabor Park

• Esplanade du Général de Gaulle à Rennes.jpg

  Cultural plaza with cinema, Brittany museum, library, science space, planetarium, youth house, shopping centres or concert and exhibition halls

• Inauguration du FRAC Bretagne - Le Fonds régional d’art contemporain Bretagne - 8 Juillet 2012 - 02.jpg

  Brittany FRAC (Regional Fund for Contemporary Art)

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  Traditional flag of Brittany

• Cider and galette with eggs, ham and cheese

• Building of the economy faculty of Rennes 1 university in Rennes, France. Untils 1967, the Humanities faculty was also in this place.