Vendel | |
Native Name: | Gwennel |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Vendel 35.svg |
Coordinates: | 48.3°N -1.3103°W |
Insee: | 35348 |
Postal Code: | 35140 |
Arrondissement: | Fougères-Vitré |
Canton: | Fougères-1 |
Commune: | Rives-du-Couesnon |
Elevation Min M: | 50 |
Elevation Max M: | 105 |
Area Km2: | 6.37 |
Population: | 398 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Vendel (in French pronounced as /vɑ̃dɛl/; Breton: Gwennel; Gallo: Vandèu) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Couesnon.[2]
Vendel is located 38km (24miles) northeast of Rennes and 45km (28miles) south of Mont Saint-Michel.
The adjacent communes are La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert, Billé, Saint-Georges-de-Chesné, and Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon.
Inhabitants of Vendel are called Vendelais in French.