Vezin-le-Coquet (French pronunciation: [vəzɛ̃ lə kɔkɛ]; Breton: Gwezin; Gallo: Bezein) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Vezin-le-Coquet
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 The church in Vezin-le-Coquet | |
Location of Vezin-le-Coquet  | |
  Vezin-le-Coquet  Vezin-le-Coquet | |
| Coordinates: 48°07′10″N 1°45′17″W / 48.1194°N 1.7547°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Rennes |
| Canton | Le Rheu |
| Intercommunality | Rennes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | René-François Houssin[1] |
Area 1 | 7.86 km2 (3.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 6,337 |
| • Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35353 /35132 |
| Elevation | 21–67 m (69–220 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
A men's prison, the Centre Penitentiaire pour Hommes de Vezin (operational since March 2010), is located within the commune.[3]
Population
editInhabitants of Vezin-le-Coquet are called Vezinois in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,596 | — |
| 1975 | 2,207 | +4.74% |
| 1982 | 2,731 | +3.09% |
| 1990 | 3,268 | +2.27% |
| 1999 | 4,026 | +2.34% |
| 2007 | 3,865 | −0.51% |
| 2012 | 4,838 | +4.59% |
| 2017 | 5,727 | +3.43% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Ouverture du nouveau cp (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- Official website Vezin-le-Coquet (in French)
- Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (in French)
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