Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine
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| Commune of Redon | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | -2°3' |
| Latitude | 47°39' |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bretagne |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Redon |
| Canton | Redon |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du pays de Redon |
| Mayor | Jean-Michel Bollé (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 15,09 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
9,499 |
| - Density (1999) | 630/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35236/ 35600 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Redon is a town and commune in Brittany, France. It is a sous-préfecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine département.
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[edit] Geography
Redon is located in the Ille-et-Vilaine département. Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique départements.
This small town is situated and at the juncture of the Oust and Vilaine rivers, which makes it well known for its autumn and winter floods.
[edit] History
Very little information exists about this area prior to 832, however it would seem that there was a parish by the name of Riedones which gave the town its name. In 832, Conwoion, a Breton monk with the help of the Carolingian Emperor Louis le Pieux founded the abbey of Saint-Sauveur de Redon. Today, documents relating to the running of the abbey still exist.
The town developed around the abbey until forming a small rural community of 6,000 inhabitants in the 1960s.
In the middle ages, Redon benefited from maritime commerce due to its location on the Vilaine.
[edit] Economy
- Degussa Texturant System - A pectin factory
- Faurecia, subsidiary of Peugeot-Citroën.
- Bic - business making lighters, razors and pens among other things
- Eis
[edit] Cultural life
- Fête de la Chataigne in October.
- Festival de la Bogue d'Or (Festival of songs and music from Haute-Bretagne)
