Rougé | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr rougé (Loire-Atlantique).svg |
Arrondissement: | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
Canton: | Châteaubriant |
Insee: | 44146 |
Postal Code: | 44660 |
Mayor: | Jean-Michel Duclos[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Châteaubriant-Derval |
Coordinates: | 47.7836°N -1.4469°W |
Elevation Min M: | 39 |
Elevation Max M: | 109 |
Area Km2: | 56.32 |
Rougé (in French pronounced as /ʁuʒe/; Breton: Ruzieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, near Rennes.
The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means the red place, in reference to the high iron-composition of the ground.
The river Chère forms small part of the commune's southern border.