Rezé


Rezé is a commune and former bishopric in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region of western France.
It was also called Ratiate in the Middle Ages and Rezay in the High Middle Ages.
Inhabitants of Rezé are called Rezéens.

History and remains

Rezé dates back to the Roman era, when it was known as Portus Ratiatus and Ratiatum Pictonum Portus. Being populated by the Ambilatres tribe - Armorican Gauls - Rezé was an important port on the south shore of the Loire and a place for meetings and trade between the various Celtic tribes of the region.
In 510 a Latin Catholic Diocese of Rezé was established on territory split off from the Diocese of Poitiers. It was suppressed 851, its territory being reassigned to the nearby then Diocese of Nantes. No incumbents or other details available.
It has ruins of Gallo-Roman settlement and a priory of Saint Lucien.
In the feudal age, it was the capital of the Pays de Retz within the Duchy of Brittany.

Geography

The commune is surrounded by the communes of Nantes, Vertou, Les Sorinières, Pont-Saint-Martin and Bouguenais. It is limited north by the Loire, east by the Sèvre Nantaise and the Ilette, west by the Jaguère and south by the boulevard périphérique of Nantes.

Municipal administration

Since the municipal elections of 1977, the communal council has always been filled in the first round of voting.

Demography



Source : http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/docs_ffc/psdc.htm and http://www.culture.cg44.fr/Archives/fonds/presentationfonds.html

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Rezé is twinned with: