Ille-et-Vilaine
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Coordinates: 48°10′N 01°40′W / 48.167°N 1.667°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Prefecture | Rennes |
Subprefectures | Fougères Redon Saint-Malo |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Jean-Luc Chenut[1] (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 6,775 km2 (2,616 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 1,098,325 |
• Rank | 21st |
• Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-35 |
Department number | 35 |
Arrondissements | 4 |
Cantons | 27 |
Communes | 333 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Ille-et-Vilaine (French pronunciation: [il e vilɛn] ; Gallo: Ill-e-Vilaenn, Breton: Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after its two main rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.[3]