Vezin-le-Coquet

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Vezin-le-Coquet
Gwezin
Commune
The church in Vezin-le-Coquet
The church in Vezin-le-Coquet
Location of Vezin-le-Coquet
Vezin-le-Coquet is located in France
Vezin-le-Coquet
Vezin-le-Coquet
Coordinates: 48°07′10″N 1°45′17″W / 48.1194°N 1.7547°W / 48.1194; -1.7547Coordinates: 48°07′10″N 1°45′17″W / 48.1194°N 1.7547°W / 48.1194; -1.7547
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentIlle-et-Vilaine
ArrondissementRennes
CantonLe Rheu
IntercommunalityRennes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) René-François Houssin
Area
1
7.86 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
5,987
 • Density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
35353 /35132
Elevation21–67 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.

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.

A men's prison, the Centre Penitentiaire pour Hommes de Vezin (operational since March 2010), is located within the commune.[2]

Population[]

Inhabitants of Vezin-le-Coquet are called Vezinois in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962 839—    
1968 1,596+90.2%
1975 2,207+38.3%
1982 2,731+23.7%
1990 3,268+19.7%
1999 4,029+23.3%
2009 4,114+2.1%

See also[]

  • Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Ouverture du nouveau cp (in French)

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