Ille-et-Vilaine

American  

[eel-e-vee-len] / il ɛ viˈlɛn /

noun

1. a department in W France. 2,700 sq. mi. (7,000 sq. km). Rennes.

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Ille-et-Vilaine British  

/ ilevilɛn /

noun

1. a department of NW France, in E Brittany. Capital: Rennes. Pop: 894 625 (2003 est). Area: 6992 sq km (2727 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

CANCALE, a fishing port of north-western France in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine on the Bay of Cancale, 9 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

And, before that stage was reached, the wild and reckless English years might even now be re-enacting themselves somewhere in the Pas de Calais, Ille-et-Vilaine or the C�te du Nord.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

DOL, a town of north-western France, in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 36 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

The Brittany of to-day corresponds to the departments of Finist�re, C�tes-du-Nord, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Loire-Inf�rieure.

From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis

These legions were to bear the names of the departments,—Sarthe, Orne, Mayenne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Loire-Inferieure, and Maine-et-Loire.

From The Chouans by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott