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Redon
Subprefecture and commune
The town hall and tower of the abbey
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Redon
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Coordinates: 47°39′08″N 2°05′01″W / 47.6522°N 2.0836°W / 47.6522; -2.0836
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
Canton	Redon
Intercommunality	Redon Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Duchêne[1] (UDI)
Area 1	15.09 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Highest elevation	73 m (240 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2023)[2]	9,542
• Density	632.3/km2 (1,638/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35236 /35600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Redon (French pronunciation: [ʁədɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton pronunciation: [ˈreːdõn]) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique departments.

It is situated at the junction of the Oust and Vilaine rivers and Nantes-Brest canal, which makes it well known for its autumn and winter floods.

It is located at 67 km from Nantes, 70 km from Rennes and 60 km from Vannes.

The town has a station which connects to Quimper and Rennes then Paris in 2:05:00.

Very little information exists about this area before 832; however, it would seem that there was a parish by the name of Riedones which gave the town its name. In 832, Conwoïon, a Breton monk with the help of the Carolingian Emperor Louis the Pious founded the abbey of Saint-Sauveur de Redon. Today, documents relating to life within the abbey still exist.

The town developed around the abbey until a small rural community of 6,000 inhabitants was formed in the 1960s.

In the Middle Ages, Redon benefitted from maritime commerce due to its location on the Vilaine.

Inhabitants of Redon are called Redonnais/Redonnaises in French.

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 10 October 2008.

In 2008, 14.31% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[4]

• Cargill Texturising Systems - A pectin factory
• Faurecia, subsidiary of Peugeot-Citroën.
• Bic - business making lighters, razors and pens among other things (with only lighters being made in Redon)
• Eis

• Fête de la Chataigne (sweet chestnut festival) in October.
• Festival de la Bogue d'Or (Festival of songs and music from Upper Brittany)
• On Monday 4 July, the third stage of the 2011 Tour de France ended in Redon. The 198 km (123 mi) stage, which was won by Tyler Farrar, was the first time the Tour had passed through Redon.

Redon is twinned with:

• Andover, United Kingdom.^[5]
• Goch, Germany.

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
• The works of Jean Fréour Statue of St Conwoïon sculptor
• Saint-Sauveur Abbey Church of Redon

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Redon.

• Official Site of Redon (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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