| Region: Brittany (Bretagne) Prefecture: Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution in 1790. It was created from part of the province of Brittany. The department is named after its two main rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine, whose confluence is in Rennes, the capital of the department and of the region. Other important rivers include : the Rance, that borders the department in the north-west and flows to the north, creating a deep fjord before reaching the English Channel on the western part of the coast (the Côte d’Émeraude) between the cities of Dinard and Saint-Malo); the Rance river is connects to the Ille river in the north-west suburbs of Rennes joining the Vilaine in the city of Rennes) Holiday Accommodation in the Ille et Villaine département: Hotels, B&Bs, self-catering Ille et Villaine tourisme |
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