Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine

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Administration
Commune of Redon
Location
Longitude	-2°3'
Latitude	47°39'
Country	France
Région	Bretagne
Département	Ille-et-Vilaine (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Redon
Canton	Redon
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du pays de Redon
Mayor	Jean-Michel Bollé (2001-2008)
Statistics
Land area¹	15,09 km²
Population² (1999)	9,499
- Density (1999)	630/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	35236/ 35600
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

A street in Redon

Redon is a town and commune in Brittany, France. It is a sous-préfecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine département.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Economy
4 Cultural life
5 External link

[edit] Geography

Redon is located in the Ille-et-Vilaine département. Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique départements.

This small town is situated and at the juncture of the Oust and Vilaine rivers, which makes it well known for its autumn and winter floods.

[edit] History

Very little information exists about this area prior to 832, however it would seem that there was a parish by the name of Riedones which gave the town its name. In 832, Conwoion, a Breton monk with the help of the Carolingian Emperor Louis le Pieux founded the abbey of Saint-Sauveur de Redon. Today, documents relating to the running of the abbey still exist.

The town developed around the abbey until forming a small rural community of 6,000 inhabitants in the 1960s.

In the middle ages, Redon benefited from maritime commerce due to its location on the Vilaine.