Le Tiercent
Encyclopedia
Le Tiercent is a commune
in the Ille-et-Vilaine
department in Brittany
in north-western France
.
and 35 km (21.7 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel
.
The neighboring communes are Chauvigné
, Saint-Marc-le-Blanc
, Baillé
, Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes
, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux
, and Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
.
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 Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
in north-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...
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Geography
Le Tiercent is located 37 km (23 mi) northeast of RennesRennes
Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
and 35 km (21.7 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel
Mont Saint-Michel
Mont Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches...
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The neighboring communes are Chauvigné
Chauvigné
Chauvigné is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:Chauvigné is located at northeast of Rennes and south of the Mont Saint-Michel....
, Saint-Marc-le-Blanc
Saint-Marc-le-Blanc
Saint-Marc-le-Blanc is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the region of Brittany in northwestern France.-Geography:Saint-Marc-le-Blanc is located northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel....
, Baillé
Baillé
Baillé is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France.-Demographics:Inhabitants of Baillé are called in French Baillochins.As of the census of 1999, the village had a population of 315.The estimate for 2007 was 326....
, Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes is located northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel....
, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux is located northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel....
, and Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
Saint-Christophe-de-Valains is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.Saint-Christophe-de-Valains comes from Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers and Valains, fief of Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon.-Geography:...
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