Vendel, Ille-et-Vilaine

Vendel
Gwennel

Vendel
Administration
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré
Canton Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Intercommunality Pays de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Mayor Bernard Turoche
(2008—2014)
Statistics
Elevation 50–105 m (160–344 ft)
Land area1 6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population2 456  (2004)
 - Density 72 /km2 (190 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 35348/ 35140
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Vendel (Breton: Gwennel, Gallo: Vandèu) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region in north-western France.

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Geography

Vendel is located 38 km (24 mi) northeast of Rennes and 45 km (28 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.

The communes bordering are La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert, Billé, Saint-Georges-de-Chesné and Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Vendel are called Vendelais.

Historical population of Vendel, Ille-et-Vilaine
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004
Population 334 344 325 300 311 339 456
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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