Ille-et-Vilaine

The department of Ille -et -Vilaine [ ilevilɛn ] ( Breton: Il -ha - Gwilen ) is a French department of atomic number 35 It is in the northwest of the country in the Brittany region and is on the rivers Ille ( bret.: Il ) and Vilaine ( bret.: Gwilen ) named.

Geography

Ille -et -Vilaine forms the eastern department of Brittany.

Coat of arms

Description: Ermine two blue wavy piles.

History

The department was formed at the time of the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 under the Act of 22 December 1789, the division of France into departments from the northeastern part of the ancient province of Brittany.

In the summer of 1940 it was like the whole of Northern France occupied by troops of the Wehrmacht had occupied after they won the Western campaign within a few weeks and Paris. In summer 1944, Allied troops liberated the area: after landing in Normandy they broke out of their beachhead and began on August 1, 1944, the Battle of Brittany.

Cities and Towns

The largest municipalities in the department of Ille -et -Vilaine:

Other important towns are Dol -de -Bretagne and Redon.

Administrative divisions

The department of Ille -et -Vilaine is divided into four arrondissements, 53 cantons and 353 communes: