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Old talk

TV Rennes exists since 1987, not 2005!

Language?

They speak Gallo and Breton in Rennes, right? This image shows it at least. That should be noted --AW 16:45, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not right! Actually only Gallo is historically spoken in Rennes and Nantes (except french of course). Breton language's area is limited to extreme west of Bretagne (Finisterre and western parts of Côtes d'Armor and Morbihan) Breton's revival since the 60's has thus lead authorities implanting "diwan" schools in these cities but it's just an artefact. And Gallo which cant't be considered as a real language but just a "patois" got quite disconsidered and consequently forgotten. Parnassien 06:33, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest that Parnassien read the article on Diwan before rushing in to suggest that it's a case of bureaucrats imposing the Breton language on eastern Brittany. Hardly! Get your facts right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.92.66.232 (talk) 14:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Culture

Doesn't it also have a Gaelic Football team? http://www.rennesgaa.com/en/

194.46.243.189 15:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC) I've lived in Rennes for twenty years and never heard a word of Breton. The Breton taught at the university is an academic concoction of the five major versions of Breton - none of which were spoken in Rennes in recent centuries. Rennes was a Gallo speaking city. There is a small junior school near the station where Breton is used for teaching purposes but it survives to feed anachronistic socio-political ends which are long since forgotten by all but the most romantic of souls. Certain road signs and street signs are given in French and Breton but this is again pure romanticism - no doubt in a bid to attract tourists. There is a world of difference between the Celtic spirit of rural Brittany and the cold, bourgeois 'middle-ranking civil servant' mentality of the people of Rennes.[reply]

Whitespace edit March 2008

Hi,

I've re-ordered the article slightly to avoid the whitespace I was getting. The Deomgraphics section came first and its table was dropping below a stack consisting of the infobox, the "historic centre" image and the "blazon". See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rennes&oldid=275722314

Hopefully, by dropping the demographics down a few levels and moving the images around, there should be fewer unsightly gaps as per this dif: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rennes&diff=276307192&oldid=275722314

I'll be back at some point to inflate the lead to this article, as it's quite sparse compared to, say, Lyon or Marseille Bigger digger (talk) 17:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Roazhon v Rennes

I just wanted to flag up the change made by User:Pymouss44 in the last edit here. The edit is described as a typo correction but also changes the native name. I understand that Roazhon was the Breton name but I don't know if that's "native" or not. I'm flagging this up because I think there needs to be consensus or at least notification, assuming Pymouss44 intended the change. Just a simple explanation for me the non-French speaker would be sufficient! Bigger digger (talk) 15:47, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some digging and found that the Roazhon in the infobox was added by an anonymous editor in August 2008 without a comment, see here. It hadn't been included up until that point so I guess that's an individual with a specific POV to push that's only just been spotted?

Bigger digger (talk) 17:58, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The fact is that, in my opinion, the native name must be the official name(s) of the city in local official language(s). In France, the only official language is French ; so, the native name of the french cities should always be written in French. “Roazhon” is a Breton spelling of this city (it can also be written “Roazon”). But, even as local language, Breton has never been spoken in Rennes. So using “Rozahon” as a local name of Rennes is as logical as writing “ᎠᎺᎢ” for the native name of États-Unis. Pymouss44 Causer 20:49, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pymouss44, agree 100%. If you could have noted the change in your revision summary we needn't have had this conversation as my suspicions would not have been raised! Cheers, Bigger digger (talk) 12:12, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What is here is "population" not "demographics"

it includes no information on pop'n characteristics. I would love to know about the demographics of the Rennes pop.n. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.252.233 (talk) 00:13, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Images

There are far to many images in this article, it looks messed up and unprofessional. Could someone please remove a few? Best regards /Erik 83.253.51.90 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:14, 16 November 2011 (UTC).[reply]

What do you think about making an image gallery after each section, such as the one about administratio? EriFr (talk) 07:16, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Intelligence?

Why would the motto "Vivre en intelligence" be translated to "Live in harmony" ? "intelligence" in french is "intelligence" in english. IIIIIIIII (talk) 13:01, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. "Harmonie" is the French for "harmony" and "intelligence" is the French for "intelligence". We need a better translation. 95.143.214.233 (talk) 20:11, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline of Rennes

What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 21:47, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History of Rennes