Brittany is a peninsula, historical country, and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown.
Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department. In 2017, the urban area had a population of 357,327 inhabitants, and the larger metropolitan area had 739,974 inhabitants. The inhabitants of Rennes are called Rennais/Rennaises in French.
Brittany is the westernmost region of Metropolitan France. It covers about four-fifths of the territory of the historic province of Brittany. Its capital is Rennes. It is one of the two Regions in Metropolitan France that does not contain any landlocked departments, the other being Corsica.
Ille-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine.
Alain Madelin is a French politician.
Fougères is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the region of Brittany in northwestern France.
The Vilaine is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne département (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan département (56). It is 218 km long.
The Chouannerie was a royalist uprising or counter-revolution in twelve of the western départements of France, particularly in the provinces of Brittany and Maine, against the First Republic during the French Revolution. It played out in three phases and lasted from spring 1794 to 1800.
Langon is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Bruz is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Sains is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Pacé is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France.
François-Joseph-Claude Jaffrennou was a Breton language writer and editor. He was a Breton nationalist and a neo-druid bard. He is also known as François Taldir-Jaffrennou, since he also used the Druidic name Taldir. He was one of the pioneers of the Breton autonomist movement.
Henri Fréville was a French history professor, resistor, writer and politician.
Marcel Rogemont was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Ille-et-Vilaine department, from 2012 to 2017 as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
Arthur Le Moyne de La Borderie, was a Breton historian, regarded as a father of Brittany's historiography.
Hugues Bousiges is a French civil servant.
Jacques Joseph Guillaume François Pierre, comte de Corbière was a French lawyer who became Minister of the Interior. He was intolerant of liberalism and a strong supporter of the church.
Nathalie Appéré is a French politician and member of the Socialist Party. She was the députée to the National Assembly for Ille-et-Vilaine's 2nd constituency from 20 June 2012 to June 2017 and the mayor of Rennes since 4 April 2014. She was reelected for a second term in 2020.
Yvon Bourges was a French politician and colonial administrator. He was the final Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa, serving from 1958 to 1960.
