Rezé
Encyclopedia
Rezé 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.
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.
port of Rezé). Being populated by the Ambilatres - Armorica
n Gaul
s - 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
).
Since the municipal elections of 1977, the city council has always been filled in the first round of voting.
(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
with: Saint-Wendel (Germany
) since 1973 Aïn Defla
(Algeria
) since 1985 Dundalk
(Republic of Ireland
) since 1990 Villa El Salvador
(Peru
) since 1991 Ineu
(Romania
) since 2003 Rural Community of Ronkh, Diawar (Senegal
) since 2003
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...
department in western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
It was also called Ratiate in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
and Rezay in the High Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
.
Inhabitants of Rezé are called Rezéens.
Panorama
Geography
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
, Vertou
Vertou
Vertou is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.It is located on the River Sèvre Nantaise, and was a historical town of Brittany....
, Les Sorinières
Les Sorinières
Les Sorinières is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-See also:*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department...
, Pont-Saint-Martin
Pont-Saint-Martin
Pont-Saint-Martin is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-west Italy.It is home to the notable Roman bridge of the same name....
and Bouguenais
Bouguenais
Bouguenais is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France near Nantes.Bouguenais is home to the Nantes Atlantique Airport.-Economy:...
. It is limited north by the Loire
Loire (river)
The Loire is the longest river in France. With a length of , it drains an area of , which represents more than a fifth of France's land area. It is the 170th longest river in the world...
, east by the Sèvre Nantaise
Sèvre Nantaise
The Sèvre Nantaise is a river in western France, left tributary to the river Loire. Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres département, near Secondigny.It flows through the following départements and towns:*Deux-Sèvres: Moncoutant, La Forêt-sur-Sèvre...
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 (pictonPictones
The Pictones were a tribe inhabiting a region along the Bay of Biscay in what is now western France, along the south bank of the Loire. During the reign of Augustus , the Pictones were included in the larger province of Gallia Aquitania, along with most of western Gaul...
port of Rezé). Being populated by the Ambilatres - Armorica
Armorica
Armorica or Aremorica is the name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul that includes the Brittany peninsula and the territory between the Seine and Loire rivers, extending inland to an indeterminate point and down the Atlantic coast...
n Gaul
Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
s - Rezé was an important port on the south shore of the Loire
Loire (river)
The Loire is the longest river in France. With a length of , it drains an area of , which represents more than a fifth of France's land area. It is the 170th longest river in the world...
and a place for meetings and trade between the various Celtic tribes of the region (Veneti
Veneti (Gaul)
The Veneti were a seafaring Celtic people who lived in the Brittany peninsula , which in Roman times formed part of an area called Armorica...
, Namnetes
Namnetes
The Namnetes were a tribe of ancient Gaul, living in the area of the modern city of Nantes near the river Liger .They were neighbours to the Veneti people , the Redones , the Andecavi and the Pictones ....
, Ambilatres, Andecavis and Pictones
Pictones
The Pictones were a tribe inhabiting a region along the Bay of Biscay in what is now western France, along the south bank of the Loire. During the reign of Augustus , the Pictones were included in the larger province of Gallia Aquitania, along with most of western Gaul...
).
Administration
| Period | Identity | Political Party | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1790-January 1791 | Louis Michel Dupré Villaine (1735–1806) | Royalist Royalist A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch... |
|
| April 1791-December 1792 | Pierre François Huard (1755–1814) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| December 1792-March 1796 | Ambroise Alphonse Le Coûteux (1740–1805) | Constitutional | |
| April 1796-August 1800 | Pierre François Huard (1755–1814) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| August 1800-October 1803 | Pierre François Huard (1755–1814) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| October 1803-August 1807 | Jean-Baptiste Ertaud (1763–1840) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| 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 Orléanist The Orléanists were a French right-wing/center-right party which arose out of the French Revolution. It governed France 1830-1848 in the "July Monarchy" of king Louis Philippe. It is generally seen as a transitional period dominated by the bourgeoisie and the conservative Orleanist doctrine in... |
General Council General councils (France) The General councils are assemblies of the French departments. They are elected by universal suffrage.-List of the Presidents of the General councils:-External links:*... |
| December 1844-March 1848 | Joseph Delaville Leroux (1775–1855) | Orléanist Orléanist The Orléanists were a French right-wing/center-right party which arose out of the French Revolution. It governed France 1830-1848 in the "July Monarchy" of king Louis Philippe. It is generally seen as a transitional period dominated by the bourgeoisie and the conservative Orleanist doctrine in... |
|
| March 1848-September 1848 | Arsène Leloup (1803–1876) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| September 1848-March 1864 | Philémon Chenantais (1805–1883) | Bonapartist Bonapartist In French political history, Bonapartism has two meanings. In a strict sense, this term refers to people who aimed to restore the French Empire under the House of Bonaparte, the Corsican family of Napoleon Bonaparte and his nephew Louis... |
|
| 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 Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| October 1876-May 1878 | Julien Albert (1807–1878) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| May 1878-January 1890 | Joseph Raphaël Lancelot (1832–1890) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| March 1890-May 1896 | Georges Grignon Dumoulin (1845–1904) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
|
| May 1896-May 1908 | Ernest Sauvestre (1849–1932) | Radical Republican | |
| May 1908-May 1929 | Jean Baptiste Vigier (1863–1940) | Republican Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context... |
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 Right-wing politics In politics, Right, right-wing and rightist generally refer to support for a hierarchical society justified on the basis of an appeal to natural law or tradition. To varying degrees, the Right rejects the egalitarian objectives of left-wing politics, claiming that the imposition of equality is... |
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| September 1944-May 1945 | Jean Vignais (1878–1954) | Radical Socialist | |
| May 1945-March 1949 | Arthur Boutin (1903–1980) | SFIO Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière The French Section of the Workers' International , founded in 1905, was a French socialist political party, designed as the local section of the Second International... |
General Council General councils (France) The General councils are assemblies of the French departments. They are elected by universal suffrage.-List of the Presidents of the General councils:-External links:*... |
| March 1949-March 1959 | Georges Albert Bénezet (1892–1970) | RPF | |
| March 1959-February 1978 | Alexandre Plancher (1909–1978) | SFIO Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière The French Section of the Workers' International , founded in 1905, was a French socialist political party, designed as the local section of the Second International... |
General Council General councils (France) The General councils are assemblies of the French departments. They are elected by universal suffrage.-List of the Presidents of the General councils:-External links:*... |
| April 1978-February 1999 | Jacques Floch (1938- ) | PS Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement... |
Deputy |
| Since February 1999 | Gilles Retière (1947- ) | PS Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement... |
|
Source : Yann Vince, "Rezé, histoire municipale" éditions Hérault, 1997 |
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Since the municipal elections of 1977, the city council has always been filled in the first round of voting.
Demography
(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
Twin towns — Sister cities
Rezé is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with: Saint-Wendel (Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) since 1973 Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla |spring]]) is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune....
(Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
) since 1985 Dundalk
Dundalk
Dundalk is the county town of County Louth in Ireland. It is situated where the Castletown River flows into Dundalk Bay. The town is close to the border with Northern Ireland and equi-distant from Dublin and Belfast. The town's name, which was historically written as Dundalgan, has associations...
(Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
) since 1990 Villa El Salvador
Villa El Salvador
Villa El Salvador is an urban, largely residential district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. It borders the district of Chorrillos on the east; the Pacific Ocean on the southwest; Lurín on the southeast; Villa María del Triunfo on the east and San Juan de Miraflores on the north.- History :It began...
(Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
) since 1991 Ineu
Ineu
Ineu is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. It is situated at a distance of 57 km from the county capital Arad, it occupies a 116,6 square km surface at the contact point of Crișul Alb Basin and Crișurilor Plateau. Ineu is the main entrance gate into the Zărand Land...
(Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
) since 2003 Rural Community of Ronkh, Diawar (Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
) since 2003
See also
- Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
- Trentemoult - a small village in Rezé
- Rezé-Nantes Basket 44 - basketball club