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35 ILLE ET
VILAINE
Région : BRETAGNE
Main city : RENNES
| capital of Ille-et-Vilaine
dept., NW France, at the junction of the Vilaine and Ille rivers. Rennes's many industrial
products include textiles, leather goods, machinery, automobiles, electronic equipment,
and petroleum. Rennes was an important Gallo-Roman town. In the 10th cent. it became the
capital of the Breton county of Rennes and, in 1196, under the Angevin dukes, of Brittany.
Under the ancien régime it was the seat of the provincial Breton estates, the powerful
parlement of Rennes, and several courts of justice. The town was ravaged by the Norsemen
and in the Hundred Years War and was swept by a fire in 1720. The Univ. of Rennes was
founded in 1735. The National School of Public Health is in Rennes. General Boulanger was
born in the city. |
TOURISM OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT :
http://www.tourism-office.com/tourisme/france/bretagne/ille-et-vilaine/ille-et-vilaine.htm
OFFICE DE TOURISME
11 rue Saint Yves - CS 26410
35025 RENNES
Téléphone : 02.99.67.11.11
Télécopie : 02.99.67.11.00
RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT :
http://www.chez.com/fgw35/ad/index.html
Archives Départementales d'Ille et Vilaine
20 av Jules Ferry
35000 RENNES
02 99 38 03 70
COUSINS GENWEB35 :
http://cousinsgenweb35.free.fr/patronymes.php?end=B&p=A
CERCLE GENEALOGIQUE D'ILLE ET VILAINE :
http://www.bigenet.org/
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