Signage in Gallo language | Gallo in the metro of Rennes

One of the metro stations of the Breton capital, Rennes, has bilingual signage in French and Gallo, but generally the Gallo language is not as visibly high-profile as the Breton language, even in its traditional heartland of the Pays Gallo, which includes the two historical capitals of Rennes ( Gallo Resnn, Breton Roazhon ) and Nantes ( Gallo Nauntt, Breton Naoned ).

A Gallo sign in the Rennes rapid transit | metro

The five black stripes represent the French or Gallo speaking dioceses of Dol, Nantes, Rennes, Saint-Malo and Saint-Brieuc — while the four white stripes represent the Breton speaking dioceses of Trégor, Léon, Cornouaille and Vannes.

** Serial poisoner Hélène Jégado is arrested in Rennes, France.

* Battle of Conquereuil: Fulk Nerra defeats Conan I of Rennes, who is killed in the battle.

Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

Rennes is the administrative capital of the French department Ille-et-Vilaine.

The oldest known Rennais is Titus Flavius Postuminus, known to us from his steles found in Rennes in 1969.

Rennes is divided into 11 cantons:

Rennes is divided into 12 quarters:

The current mayor of Rennes is Daniel Delaveau.

The ( City hall ) is right in the centre of Rennes.

Rennes is classified as a city of art and history.

The Parlement de Bretagne ( Administrative and judicial centre of Brittany, ) is the most famous 17th century building in Rennes.

Near the Rennes Cathedral ( cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes ) is the rue du Chapitre:

Les Champs Libres is a building on Esplanade Charles de Gaulle designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc that houses the Brittany Museum ( Musée de Bretagne ), regional library Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole on six levels and an Espace des Sciences science centre with a planetarium.

Rennes is one of first Technopoles in France that were established in an effort to stimulate the economies of regions other than Paris during the Aménagement du territoire.

Rennes is the 2nd concentration of ITC firms in France after Paris ( with well-known companies like Atos, SFR, Orange France Telecom, Technicolor R & D, Canon, Mitsubishi, Alcatel-Lucent, Texas Instruments, NXP, Thales or Logica ), and the 3rd innovation potential in agrofood French industry.

In Rennes is the only Institut Franco-Américain in France.

An École Supérieure for political science, Institut d ' études politiques de Rennes ( site ), is also based in Rennes.

There is also branches of École Supérieure d ' Électricité – Supélec and Telecom Bretagne in the east of the city ( Cesson-Sévigné ), a campus of the École pour l ' informatique et les nouvelles technologies, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rennes and the grande école Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, which is next to the " École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes ".

Rennes is home to Stade Rennais F. C., who play at Route de Lorient stadium ( capacity of 31, 000 seats ) in the French Division One.

After its opening, Lausanne replaced Rennes as the smallest city in the world to have a full metro system.

File: Mairie de Rennes. jpg | Rennes's city hall

The city has two main universities ; Université de Rennes 1, which offers courses in science, technology, medicine, philosophy, law, management and economics and Université Rennes 2, which has courses in the arts, literature, languages, communication, human and social sciences, sport.

File: Breton school sign in Rennes. jpg | Breton bilingual classes in a French school in the city centre.

With 142, 722 inhabitants in a 2007 census, Brest is at the centre of Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area ( with a population of 300, 300 in total ), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 22nd most populous city in France ; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany.

As for the provincial States of Brittany, a legislative body which had originally met every two years in a different city of Brittany, that had met in Rennes only between 1728 and 1789, although not in the years 1730, 1758, and 1760.

Condate was also the Celtic name of Rennes, then the city of the Redones and now the capital of the region of Brittany.

In the Breton city of Rennes, the intendant, Bertrand de Moleville, barely escaped being stoned.

In 1991, the city of Rennes invited him to participate in the " Voice of Asia " festival due to take place in its newly twinned city of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan.

Located in the 6th arrondissement, part of the Left Bank of the city, Rennes is one of a number of Line 12 stations underneath Boulevard Raspail, in this case at its intersection with Rue de Rennes.

It is from this street that it takes its name, in turn named after the city of Rennes.

Rennes plays its home matches at the Stade de la Route de Lorient located within the city.

The Stade de la Route de Lorient is owned by the city of Rennes and has undergone renovations three times: in 1955, 1983, and 1999.

The center is named after former club player and manager Henri Guérin and is located on the outskirts of the city of Rennes.

Her career took a new turn in 1849 when she moved to Rennes, the capital city of the region.

Since July 1985 the village has been twinned with the city of Rennes in Brittany.

At the end of 14th century the city had between 4-5, 000 inhabitants, at a time when Rennes and Nantes had some around 13-14, 000. in 1560, Vitré's population is estimated by Arthur de Borderie at 7, 800 inhabitants, matching that of the towns of Vannes and Quimper.

In the 18th century, Vitré was the 5th most important city in Brittany after Nantes, Rennes, Brest and Lorient.