Rédené Redene
Commune
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Location of Rédené
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Coordinates: 47°51′38″N 3°27′37″W / 47.8606°N 3.4603°W / 47.8606; -3.4603
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimperlé
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Bernicot [1]
Area 1	24.49 km2 (9.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	2,955
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29234 /29300
Elevation	4–81 m (13–266 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rédené (French pronunciation: [ʁedene]; Breton: Redene) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The poet Gérard Le Gouic winner of the 1973 Prix Breizh and the 1980 Prix Antonin-Artaud was born in Rédené.

Population

Inhabitants of Rédené are called in French Rédénois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,600 —     1800 2,730 +0.70% 1806 1,051 −14.71% 1821 1,182 +0.79% 1831 1,295 +0.92% 1836 1,285 −0.15% 1841 1,289 +0.06% 1846 1,339 +0.76% 1851 1,402 +0.92% 1856 1,308 −1.38% 1861 1,338 +0.45% 1866 1,369 +0.46% 1872 1,369 +0.00% 1876 1,479 +1.95% 1881 1,494 +0.20% 1886 1,571 +1.01% 1891 1,558 −0.17% 1896 1,545 −0.17%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,547 +0.03% 1906 1,601 +0.69% 1911 1,635 +0.42% 1921 1,606 −0.18% 1926 1,559 −0.59% 1931 1,515 −0.57% 1936 1,493 −0.29% 1946 1,431 −0.42% 1954 1,158 −2.61% 1962 1,034 −1.41% 1968 1,053 +0.30% 1975 1,759 +7.61% 1982 2,112 +2.65% 1990 2,383 +1.52% 1999 2,313 −0.33% 2007 2,684 +1.88% 2012 2,891 +1.50% 2017 2,908 +0.12%
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Source: EHESS [3] and INSEE (1968-2017) [4]

Map

Topographic map

Geography

The village centre is located 7 km (4.3 mi) east of Quimperlé. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais. The Rosgrand wood is a natural site situated in the north of the commune. It offers nice views of the river Ellé.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Entry on sculptor of local war memorial Jean Joncourt

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rédené.

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

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