Ille-et-Vilaine

French department
Organization department_of_france Q12549
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Summary

Ille-et-Vilaine is a department of France[1]. Ille-et-Vilaine draws 3,250 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #56 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brittany[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: Jean-Louis Tourenne[5], Jean-Luc Chenut[6]
  • Capital: Rennes[7]
  • Shares border with: Manche[8], Côtes-d'Armor[9], Morbihan[10], Loire-Atlantique[11], Maine-et-Loire[12], Mayenne[13]
  • Named after: Vilaine[14], Ille[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré[16], arrondissement of Redon[17], arrondissement of Rennes[18], arrondissement of Saint-Malo[19], Rennes[20], Fougères[21], Langan[22], Paimpont[23], Montauban-de-Bretagne[24], La Gouesnière[25], Parcé[26], La Fontenelle[27], Marpiré[28], Brielles[29]

Why It Matters

Ille-et-Vilaine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Ille-et-Vilaine is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Small Cities of Character
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré, arrondissement of Redon, arrondissement of Rennes +358
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 136808
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 136808"
  2. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré, arrondissement of Redon, arrondissement of Rennes +358
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||7 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  3. 16w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré, arrondissement of Redon, arrondissement of Rennes +358
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
  4. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
  5. 18w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people buried here → Q9535394
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Category for people buried here: Q30111244, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Q124950807 → Q30111244 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q124950807_"
  6. 19w ago · Miikul · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people buried here → Q9535394
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Category for people buried here: Q9535394, Moving to Redon Abbey"
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