Rezé
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Partial view of Rezé with, from left to right, the town hall, the church of Saint Peter and the Cité Radieuse | ||
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Rezé | ||
Location within Pays de la Loire region Rezé | ||
Coordinates: 47°11′00″N 1°33′00″W / 47.1833°N 1.55°WCoordinates: 47°11′00″N 1°33′00″W / 47.1833°N 1.55°W | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Nantes | |
Canton | Rezé and Bouaye | |
Intercommunality | Urban Community of Nantes Métropole | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Gilles Retière | |
Area1 | 13.78 km2 (5.32 sq mi) | |
Population (2005)2 | 37,200 | |
• Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 44143 / 44400 | |
Elevation |
1–42 m (3.3–137.8 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft) | |
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. |
Rezé (Breton: Reudied, Gallo: Rezae) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
It was also called Ratiate in the Middle Ages and Rezay in the High Middle Ages.
Inhabitants of Rezé are called Rezéens.
Geography
The commune is surrounded by the communes of Nantes, Vertou, Les Sorinières, Pont-Saint-Martin and Bouguenais. It is limited north by the Loire, east by the Sèvre Nantaise and the Ilette, west by the Jaguère and south by the boulevard périphérique of Nantes.
History
Rezé dates back to the Roman era, when it was known as Portus Ratiatus (port of Rezé) and Ratiatum Pictonum Portus (picton port of Rezé). Being populated by the Ambilatres - Armorican Gauls - Rezé was an important port on the south shore of the Loire and a place for meetings and trade between the various Celtic tribes of the region (Veneti, Namnetes, Ambilatres, Andecavis and Pictones).
Administration
Period | Identity | Political Party | Position |
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March 1790-January 1791 | Louis Michel Dupré Villaine (1735–1806) | Royalist | |
April 1791-December 1792 | Pierre François Huard (1755–1814) | Republican | |
December 1792-March 1796 | Ambroise Alphonse Le Coûteux (1740–1805) | Constitutional | |
April 1796-August 1800 | Pierre François Huard (1755–1814) | Republican | |
August 1800-October 1803 | Pierre François Huard (1755–1814) | Republican | |
October 1803-August 1807 | Jean-Baptiste Ertaud (1763–1840) | Republican | |
August 1807-April 1820 | Jean François Ertaud (1769–1840) | Governmental | |
April 1820-August 1830 | Joseph de Monti de Rezé (1766–1850) | Legitimist | |
August 1830-November 1844 | Pierre Giraud (1789–1844) | Orléanist | General Council |
December 1844-March 1848 | Joseph Delaville Leroux (1775–1855) | Orléanist | |
March 1848-September 1848 | Arsène Leloup (1803–1876) | Republican | |
September 1848-March 1864 | Philémon Chenantais (1805–1883) | Bonapartist | |
March 1864-September 1870 | Hippolyte Aguesse (1799–1875) | Governmental | |
October 1870-October 1875 | Hippolyte Aguesse (1799–1875) | Governmental | |
October 1875-August 1876 | Félix Chauvelon (1825–1888) | Republican | |
October 1876-May 1878 | Julien Albert (1807–1878) | Republican | |
May 1878-January 1890 | Joseph Raphaël Lancelot (1832–1890) | Republican | |
March 1890-May 1896 | Georges Grignon Dumoulin (1845–1904) | Republican | |
May 1896-May 1908 | Ernest Sauvestre (1849–1932) | Radical Republican | |
May 1908-May 1929 | Jean Baptiste Vigier (1863–1940) | Republican | Conseiller d'arrondissement |
May 1929-May 1935 | Charles Rivière (1870–1947) | Radical Socialist | |
May 1935-December 1936 | Léon Taugeron (1886–1961) | Radical Socialist | |
December 1936-March 1941 | Jean Vignais (1878–1954) | Radical Socialist | |
March 1941-September 1944 | Alexandre Le Lamer (1873–1950) | Right | |
September 1944-May 1945 | Jean Vignais (1878–1954) | Radical Socialist | |
May 1945-March 1949 | Arthur Boutin (1903–1980) | SFIO | General Council |
March 1949-March 1959 | Georges Albert Bénezet (1892–1970) | RPF | |
March 1959-February 1978 | Alexandre Plancher (1909–1978) | SFIO | General Council |
April 1978-February 1999 | Jacques Floch (1938- ) | PS | Deputy |
Since February 1999 | Gilles Retière (1947- ) | PS | |
Source : Yann Vince, "Rezé, histoire municipale" éditions Hérault, 1997 |
Since the municipal elections of 1977, the city council has always been filled in the first round of voting.
Demography
Year | 1801 | 1866 | 1921 | 1936 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 |
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Population | 3519 | 7423 | 10,368 | 13,499 | 19,000 | 28,276 | 33,509 | 35,730 | 33,562 | 33,262 | 35,478 | 37,200 |
(residents of multiple communes only counted once since 1962)
Source : http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/docs_ffc/psdc.htm and http://www.culture.cg44.fr/Archives/fonds/presentationfonds.html
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Rezé is twinned with:
- Saint-Wendel (Germany) since 1973
- Aïn Defla (Algeria) since 1985
- Dundalk (Ireland) since 1990
- Villa El Salvador (Peru) since 1991
- Ineu (Romania) since 2003
- Rural Community of Ronkh, Diawar (Senegal) since 2003
- Abu Dis (Palestine) since 2007[1]
See also
- Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
- Trentemoult - a small village in Rezé
- Rezé-Nantes Basket 44 - basketball club
References
- ↑ Reze Website .
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rezé. |
- Official website (French)