Vitré
Vitré is a town in the département of Ille-et-Vilaine, in the region of Brittany, France. Vitré lies on the edge of Brittany, near Normandy Maine and Anjou.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 19,000 residents
- Description: commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, France
- Also known as: “Gwitreg”, “Vitræ”, and “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Postal codes: 35500 and 35500
Places of Interest
Highlights include Château de Vitré and Vitré station.
Château de Vitré
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Château de Vitré is a medieval castle in the town of Vitré, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département of France. The first castle in Vitré was built of wood on a feudal motte around the year 1000 on the Sainte-Croix hill.
Vitré station
Railway station
Photo: Trizek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vitré station is a railway station serving the town Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine department, western France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest railway. The station is listed as "historical monument" since 1975.
Hôtel de Sévigné
Historic building
Photo: Pacoviande, Public domain.
Hôtel de Sévigné is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pocé-les-Bois and Montreuil-sous-Pérouse.
Pocé-les-Bois
Village
Pocé-les-Bois is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Montreuil-sous-Pérouse
Village
Photo: Pacoviande, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montreuil-sous-Pérouse is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Montreuil-sous-Pérouse is situated 3½ km northwest of Vitré.
Vitré
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.1245° or 48° 7′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.2143° or 1° 12′ 52″ westPopulation
19,000Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR VIROpen location code
8CWW4QFP+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1842661201OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Vitré” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vitré”
- Arabic: “Vitre”
- Arabic: “Vitré”
- Arabic: “فيتري”
- Aragonese: “Vitré”
- Arpitan: “Vitré”
- Asturian: “Vitré”
- Bambara: “Vitré”
- Basque: “Vitré”
- Bavarian: “Vitré”
- Belarusian: “Вітрэ”
- Breton: “Gwitreg”
- Breton: “Vitré”
- Cajun French: “Vitré”
- Catalan: “Gwitreg”
- Catalan: “Vitræ”
- Catalan: “Vitré”
- Cebuano: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Cebuano: “Vitré”
- Chechen: “ВитгӀе”
- Chinese: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Chinese: “Vitré”
- Chinese: “維特雷”
- Chinese: “维特雷”
- Chinese: “维特雷城市核心区”
- Corsican: “Vitré”
- Croatian: “Vitré”
- Czech: “Vitré”
- Danish: “Vitré”
- Dutch: “Gwitreg”
- Dutch: “Vitræ”
- Dutch: “Vitré”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيترى”
- Esperanto: “Gwitreg”
- Esperanto: “Vitræ”
- Esperanto: “Vitré”
- Estonian: “Vitré”
- Faroese: “Vitré”
- Finnish: “Vitré”
- French: “Gwitreg”
- French: “Vitræ”
- French: “Vitré”
- Friulian: “Vitré”
- Galician: “Vitré”
- German: “Gwitreg”
- German: “Vitræ”
- German: “Vitré”
- Greek: “Vitre”
- Greek: “Vitré”
- Greek: “Βιτρέ”
- Hungarian: “Vitré”
- Icelandic: “Vitre”
- Icelandic: “Vitré”
- Ido: “Vitré”
- Indonesian: “Vitré”
- Interlingua: “Vitré”
- Interlingue: “Vitré”
- Irish: “Vitré”
- Italian: “Gwitreg”
- Italian: “Vitræ”
- Italian: “Vitré”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Vitré”
- Japanese: “ヴィトレ”
- Kabyle: “Vitré”
- Kalaallisut: “Vitré”
- Kazakh: “Vïtre”
- Kazakh: “Витре”
- Kazakh: “ۆىيترە”
- Kongo: “Vitré”
- Korean: “비트레”
- Kurdish: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Kurdish: “Vitré”
- Ladin: “Vitré”
- Latin: “Vitraum”
- Latin: “Vitré”
- Latin: “Vitreium”
- Latvian: “Gwitreg”
- Latvian: “Vitræ”
- Latvian: “Vitré”
- Ligurian: “Vitré”
- Limburgan: “Vitré”
- Lithuanian: “Gwitreg”
- Lithuanian: “Vitræ”
- Lithuanian: “Vitré”
- Low German: “Vitré”
- Luxembourgish: “Vitré”
- Mainfränkisch: “Vitré”
- Malagasy: “Vitré”
- Malay: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Malay: “Vitré”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vitré”
- Minangkabau: “Vitré”
- N'Ko: “ߝ߭ߌߕߙߋ߫”
- Narom: “Vitré”
- Neapolitan: “Vitré”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vitré”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vitré”
- Norwegian: “Vitré”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gwitreg”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vitræ”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vitré”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vitrë”
- Papiamento: “Vitré”
- Persian: “ویتره، ایل-ئه-ویلن”
- Picard: “Vitré”
- Piemontese: “Vitré”
- Polish: “Vitré”
- Portuguese: “Gwitreg”
- Portuguese: “Vitræ”
- Portuguese: “Vitré”
- Prussian: “Vitré”
- Romagnol: “Vitré”
- Romanian: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Romanian: “Vitre”
- Romanian: “Vitré”
- Romansh: “Vitré”
- Russian: “Vitre”
- Russian: “Vitré”
- Russian: “Витре”
- Russian: “Витрэ”
- Sardinian: “Vitré”
- Scots: “Vitré”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Vitré”
- Serbian: “Vitré”
- Sicilian: “Vitré”
- Slovak: “Vitré”
- Slovenian: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Slovenian: “Vitré”
- Spanish: “Gwitreg”
- Spanish: “Vitræ”
- Spanish: “Vitré”
- Swahili: “Vitré”
- Swedish: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Swedish: “Vitré”
- Swiss German: “Vitré”
- Tatar: “Витре (Иль һәм Вилен)”
- Tatar: “Витре”
- Turkish: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Turkish: “Vitré”
- Ukrainian: “Вітре”
- Uzbek: “Vitré”
- Venetian: “Vitré”
- Vietnamese: “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Vietnamese: “Vitré”
- Vlaams: “Vitré”
- Volapük: “Vitré”
- Walloon: “Vitré”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vitré”
- Welsh: “Gwitreg”
- Welsh: “Vitré”
- Wolof: “Vitré”
- Yue Chinese: “Vitré”
- Zulu: “Vitré”
- “Vitré”
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