Rennes Métropole


Rennes Métropole is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Rennes. It is located in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, in the Brittany region, western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté d'agglomération de Rennes, which had itself succeeded in 2000 to the previous district created in 1970 with less powers than the current métropole. Its population was 444,723 in 2014, of which 219,370 in Rennes proper.
The goal of the Métropoles is to build a better metropolitan area by synchronizing the transport system, environmental actions, urbanization, economic and social development, culture, university research, etc.

Participants

The métropole comprises the following 43 communes:
  1. Acigné
  2. Bécherel
  3. Betton : 10 000 inhabitants
  4. Bourgbarré
  5. Brécé
  6. Bruz : 17 000 inhabitants
  7. Cesson-Sévigné : 17 000 inhabitants
  8. Chantepie : 10 000 inhabitants
  9. La Chapelle-Chaussée
  10. La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz
  11. La Chapelle-Thouarault
  12. Chartres-de-Bretagne : 7 000 inhabitants
  13. Chavagne
  14. Chevaigné
  15. Cintré
  16. Clayes
  17. Corps-Nuds
  18. Gévezé
  19. L'Hermitage
  20. Laillé
  21. Langan
  22. Miniac-sous-Bécherel
  23. Montgermont
  24. Mordelles : 7 000 inhabitants
  25. Nouvoitou
  26. Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche : 7 000 inhabitants
  27. Orgères, Ille-et-Vilaine
  28. Pacé : 11 000 inhabitants
  29. Parthenay-de-Bretagne
  30. Pont-Péan
  31. Rennes : 210 000 inhabitants
  32. Le Rheu : 8 000 inhabitants
  33. Romillé
  34. Saint-Armel
  35. Saint-Erblon
  36. Saint-Gilles
  37. Saint-Grégoire : 9 000 inhabitants
  38. Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande : 11 000 inhabitants
  39. Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt
  40. Thorigné-Fouillard : 7 500 inhabitants
  41. Le Verger
  42. Vern-sur-Seiche : 8 000 inhabitants
  43. Vezin-le-Coquet
Metropolitan Rennes encompasses only the center of the metropolitan area of Rennes. Communes further away from the center of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as Châteaugiron, Noyal-sur-Vilaine, Liffré, Melesse, La Mézière, Montfort-sur-Meu or Guichen.