Saint-Méen-le-Grand
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Commune of Saint-Méen-le-Grand |
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| Sant-Meven | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Bretagne | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Saint-Méen-le-Grand (chief town) |
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| Intercommunality | CdC du Pays de Saint-Méen-le-Grand | |
| Mayor | Bernard Josse (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 79 m–123 m | |
| Land area¹ | 18.21 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
3,566 | |
| - Density | 196/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 35297/ 35290 | |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Saint-Méen-le-Grand (Breton: Sant-Meven, Gallo: Saent-Men) is a small commune of France, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, located southwest of Rennes.
It is located between Montauban-de-Bretagne and Gaël.
At the 2006 Tour de France, Saint-Méen-le-Grand hosted the start of Stage 8.
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[edit] Demographics
Inhabitants of Saint-Méen-le-Grand are called Mévennais.
As of the census of 1999, the town had a population of 3,566.
The estimation for 2005 was 3,943.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (French);
- INSEE (English);
- IGN (English)
[edit] External links
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