Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine
Ill-e-Vilaenn (Gallo)
Il-ha-Gwilen (Breton)
an urban river flowing past modern apartment buildings in the foreground past trees whose leaves are changing with autumn under a bridge and into the city center of Rennes. There are boats docked along the side of the river.
The river Vilaine flowing through Rennes
Flag of Ille-et-Vilaine
Coat of arms of Ille-et-Vilaine
Location of Ille-et-Vilaine in France
Location of Ille-et-Vilaine in France
Coordinates: 48°10′N 01°40′W / 48.167°N 1.667°W / 48.167; -1.667
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
PrefectureRennes
SubprefecturesFougères
Redon
Saint-Malo
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilJean-Luc Chenut[1] (PS)
Area
 • Total
6,775 km2 (2,616 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
1,098,325
 • Rank21st
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeFR-35
Department number35
Arrondissements4
Cantons27
Communes333
^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]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Populations légales 2019: 35 Ille-et-Vilaine, INSEE