RENNES - A DYNAMIC REGIONAL METROPOLIS
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Rennes, located in northwestern France, is the capital of the Ille-et-Vilaine department and the Brittany region. Positioned in Upper Brittany at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine rivers, Rennes has a central population of 225,000, making it the largest city in Brittany, the second largest in the Grand Ouest region, and the eleventh most populated city in France. Starting in the 1950s, Rennes, nicknamed the “city of administrations,” underwent substantial economic and demographic growth, spurred by rural migration and new industrialization. In the 1980s and 1990s, the city gained a foothold in telecommunications, establishing itself as a key tertiary hub focused on emerging…
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