Rennes

Rennes (Gallo: Resnn, Breton: Roazhon) is a city of northwestern France, in the east of Brittany. Rennes is the capital of the Bretagne région, as well as the préfecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine département.

Miscellaneous

Colleges, universities and research facilities

The Rennes agglomeration has a large student population (around 60,000).

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The city has two main universities:

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• Université de Rennes 1 http://www.univ-rennes1.fr/: science, technology, medicine, philosophy, law, management and economics-based centre
• Université de Rennes 2 http://www.uhb.fr/: the arts, literature, languages, communication, human and social sciences, sport

In addition:

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• The École Normale Supérieure de Cachan has a branch on the Ker Lann campus, just outside Rennes.
• An École Supérieure for political science (Sciences-Po) is based in Rennes called the Institut d'Etudes Politiques http://www.rennes.iep.fr
• The computer science and applied mathematics research institute IRISA is in the suburbs of Rennes.
• The Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (defense procurement agency) operates the CELAR research center, dedicated to electronics and computing, in Bruz, a suburb.
• The École Supérieure d'Électricité - Supélec has a branch in the west of the city (Cesson-Sévigné).

Transportation

Rennes has well developed national road, rail and air links and is two hours by TGV train from Paris. Local transport is based primarily on an extensive bus network (38 different lines) and a metro line that was inaugurated in March 2002 and cost ?500 millions to build. The Rennes Metro is 9.4 km in length and has 15 stations, including one designed by architect Norman Foster. Rennes is one of the smallest cities in the world to have a metro.

Related Topics:
TGV - Paris - Bus - Metro - 2002 - Rennes Metro - Norman Foster

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See also: Rennes Rail Station

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Twinned towns

These twinned towns are inscribed on the bridge over the central canal of Rennes:

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• Exeter (UK) since 1957.
• Rochester (New York, USA) since 1958.
• Erlangen (Germany) since 1964.
• Brno (Czech Republic) since 1965.
• Sendai (Miyagi, Japan) since 1967.
• Leuven (Belgium) since 1980.
• Cork (Ireland) since 1982.
• Setif (Algeria) since 1982.
• Rennes-les-Bains (Aude, France) since 1985.
• Jinan (Shandong, China) since 1985.
• Almaty (Alma-Ata in Kazahakstan) since 1991.
• Poznan (Poland) since 1998.
• Sibiu (Romania) since 1999.
• Plateau Dogon (Mali) since 1999

Broadcasting facilities

• Transmitter Rennes-Thourie