Le Rheu

Le Rheu Reuz (Breton)
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Le Rheu
Le Rheu Location within France Le Rheu Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 48°06′10″N 1°47′39″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Le Rheu
Intercommunality	Rennes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Chantal Pétard-Voisin
Area 1	18.89 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	9,839
• Density	520.9/km2 (1,349/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35240 /35650
Elevation	18–48 m (59–157 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Rheu (French pronunciation: [lə ʁø]; Breton: Reuz) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Le Rheu are called rheusois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,080	—
1975	3,869	+3.31%
1982	4,276	+1.44%
1990	5,027	+2.04%
1999	5,733	+1.47%
2007	7,212	+2.91%
2012	7,788	+1.55%
2017	8,740	+2.33%
2023	9,839	+1.99%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 14 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French)