page_title: Rennes
section_title: Mayors
hierarchical_section_title: Rennes / Administration / Mayors
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Nathalie Appéré, alors députée de la 2e circonscription d'Ille-et-Vilaine, et candidate PS à la mairie de Rennes
context_page_description: Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.
  Rennes's history goes back more than 2,000 years, at a time when it was a small Gallic village named Condate. Together with Vannes and Nantes, it was one of the major cities of the ancient Duchy of Brittany. From the early sixteenth century until the French Revolution, Rennes was a parliamentary, administrative and garrison city of the historic province of Brittany of the Kingdom of France.
  Since the 1950s, Rennes has grown in importance through rural flight and its modern industrial development, partly automotive. The city developed extensive building plans to accommodate upwards of 200,000 inhabitants. During the 1980s, Rennes became one of the main centres in telecommunication and high technology industry. It is now a significant digital innovation centre in France.
  In 2015, the city was the tenth largest in France, with a metropolitan area of about 720,000 inhabitants. With more than 66,000 students in 2016, it is also the eighth-largest university campus of France.
context_section_description: The current mayor of Rennes is Nathalie Appéré. A member of the Socialist Party, she replaced retiring Socialist incumbent Daniel Delaveau, in office from 2008 to 2014.
  Edmond Hervé (b. 1942), Socialist mayor from 1977 to 2008;
  Henri Fréville (1905–1987), mayor MRP from 1953 to 1977;
  Eugène Quessot (1882–1949), interim mayor from 15 July 1947 until 26 October 1947;
  Yves Milon (1897–1987), mayor RPF from 1944 to 1953.
  Among previous well-known mayors are:
  Jean Janvier (1859–1923), from 1908 to 1923;
  Edgar Le Bastard (1836–1891), from 1880 to 1891;
  Toussaint-François Rallier du Baty (1665–1734) from 1695 to 1734.
  The mairie (city hall) is right in the centre of Rennes.
caption: Nathalie Appéré, current mayor of Rennes
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