Administration
Rennes is divided into 11 cantons:
- Canton of Rennes-Brequigny (15,397 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Centre (19,017 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Centre-Ouest (21,264 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Centre-Sud (15,774 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Est (20,323 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-le-Blosne (21,151 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Nord (21,845 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Nord-Est (18,224 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Nord-Ouest, which includes parts of Rennes but also the communes of Gévezé, Pacé and Parthenay-de-Bretagne (28,130 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Sud-Est, which includes parts of Rennes and the communes of Chantepie and Vern-sur-Seiche (33,459 inhabitants)
- Canton of Rennes-Sud-Ouest, which includes parts of Rennes and the communes of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande and Vezin-le-Coquet (28,707 inhabitants)
Since the 2008 cantonal elections, all eleven cantons are held by Socialists or their allies. The right held Rennes-Nord-Ouest until 2008.
Rennes is divided into 12 quarters:
- Le Centre
- Thabor/Saint Hélier
- Bourg l'Évêque-Moulin du Comte
- Saint-Martin
- Maurepas-Patton-Bellangerais
- Jeanne d'Arc-Longs-Champs-Beaulieu
- Francisco Ferrer-Landry-Poterie
- Sud Gare
- Cleunay-Arsenal-Redon
- Villejean-Beauregard
- Le Blosne
- Bréquigny
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Rennes quarters
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