Arrondissements of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The 4 arrondissements of the Ille-et-Vilaine department are:[1]

  1. Arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré, (subprefecture: Fougères) with 106 communes.[2] The population of the arrondissement was 184,039 in 2016.
  2. Arrondissement of Redon, (subprefecture: Redon) with 50 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 102,157 in 2016.
  3. Arrondissement of Rennes, (prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department: Rennes) with 109 communes.[3] The population of the arrondissement was 599,717 in 2016.
  4. Arrondissement of Saint-Malo, (subprefecture: Saint-Malo) with 68 communes.[4] The population of the arrondissement was 165,866 in 2016.
Map of arrondissements of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

History

In 1800 the arrondissements of Rennes, Fougères, Montfort, Redon, Saint-Malo and Vitré were established. The arrondissements of Montfort and Vitré were disbanded in 1926.[5] In 2010 the arrondissement of Fougères was renamed Fougères-Vitré, and it absorbed the six cantons of Argentré-du-Plessis, Châteaubourg, La Guerche-de-Bretagne, Retiers, Vitré-Est and Vitré-Ouest from the arrondissement of Rennes.[6]

The borders of the arrondissements of Ille-et-Vilaine were modified in January 2017:[7]

  • four communes from the arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré to the arrondissement of Rennes
  • one commune from the arrondissement of Redon to the arrondissement of Rennes
  • five communes from the arrondissement of Rennes to the arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré
  • seven communes from the arrondissement of Rennes to the arrondissement of Saint-Malo

References
  1. "Populations légales 2016" (PDF). INSEE. December 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. "Arrondissement de Fougères-Vitré (351)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. "Arrondissement de Rennes (353)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  4. "Arrondissement de Saint-Malo (354)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  5. Historique d'Ille-et-Vilaine
  6. "Arrêté préfectoral, 29 December 2009". Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  7. "Arrêté préfectoral, 23 December 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-21.
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