Rezé dates back to the Roman era, when it was known as Portus Ratiatus (port of Rezé) and Ratiatum Pictonum Portus (picton port of Rezé). Being populated by the Ambilatres tribe - ArmoricanGauls - 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 (Veneti, Namnetes, Ambilatres, Andecavis and Pictones).
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.
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Reze redirects here For the Swiss wine grape see Reze Reze French ʁeze listen Breton Reudied Gallo Rezae is a commune municipality and former bishopric in the Loire Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region of western France It is a southern suburb of Nantes RezeCommuneCity centerFlagCoat of armsLocation of RezeRezeShow map of FranceRezeShow map of Pays de la LoireCoordinates 47 11 30 N 1 34 10 W 47 19167 N 1 56944 W 47 19167 1 56944CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentLoire AtlantiqueArrondissementNantesCantonReze 1 and 2IntercommunalityNantes MetropoleGovernment Mayor 2022 2026 Agnes Bourgeais 1 Area113 78 km2 5 32 sq mi Population Jan 2020 2 42 993 Density3 100 km2 8 100 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code44143 44400Elevation1 42 m 3 3 137 8 ft avg 8 m or 26 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries It was also called Ratiate in the Middle Ages and Rezay in the High Middle Ages View of Reze from the Maison Radieuse of CorbusierContents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Monuments 4 Municipal administration 5 Population 6 International relations 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditReze dates back to the Roman era when it was known as Portus Ratiatus port of Reze and Ratiatum Pictonum Portus picton port of Reze Being populated by the Ambilatres tribe Armorican Gauls Reze 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 Veneti Namnetes Ambilatres Andecavis and Pictones In 510 a Latin Catholic Diocese of Reze 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 Edit Location of the Reze commune in the department of Loire AtlantiqueThe commune is surrounded by the communes of Nantes Vertou Les Sorinieres Pont Saint Martin and Bouguenais It is limited north by the Loire east by the Sevre Nantaise and the Ilette west by the Jaguere and south by the boulevard peripherique of Nantes Reze Pont Rousseau station has rail connections to Pornic Saint Gilles Croix de Vie and Nantes Monuments EditUnite d Habitation of Nantes Reze a monumental apartment building designed by Le CorbusierMunicipal administration EditSince the municipal elections of 1977 the communal council has always been filled in the first round of voting List of mayors before 1944 Term Name Political Party PositionMarch 1790 January 1791 Louis Michel Dupre Villaine 1735 1806 RoyalistApril 1791 December 1792 Pierre Francois Huard 1755 1814 RepublicanDecember 1792 March 1796 Ambroise Alphonse Le Couteux 1740 1805 ConstitutionalApril 1796 August 1800 Pierre Francois Huard 1755 1814 RepublicanAugust 1800 October 1803 Pierre Francois Huard 1755 1814 RepublicanOctober 1803 August 1807 Jean Baptiste Ertaud 1763 1840 RepublicanAugust 1807 April 1820 Jean Francois Ertaud 1769 1840 GovernmentalApril 1820 August 1830 Joseph de Monti de Reze 1766 1850 LegitimistAugust 1830 November 1844 Pierre Giraud 1789 1844 Orleanist General CouncilDecember 1844 March 1848 Joseph Delaville Leroux 1775 1855 OrleanistMarch 1848 September 1848 Arsene Leloup 1803 1876 RepublicanSeptember 1848 March 1864 Philemon Chenantais 1805 1883 BonapartistMarch 1864 September 1870 Hippolyte Aguesse 1799 1875 GovernmentalOctober 1870 October 1875 Hippolyte Aguesse 1799 1875 GovernmentalOctober 1875 August 1876 Felix Chauvelon 1825 1888 RepublicanOctober 1876 May 1878 Julien Albert 1807 1878 RepublicanMay 1878 January 1890 Joseph Raphael Lancelot 1832 1890 RepublicanMarch 1890 May 1896 Georges Grignon Dumoulin 1845 1904 RepublicanMay 1896 May 1908 Ernest Sauvestre 1849 1932 Radical RepublicanMay 1908 May 1929 Jean Baptiste Vigier 1863 1940 Republican Conseiller d arrondissementMay 1929 May 1935 Charles Riviere 1870 1947 Radical SocialistMay 1935 December 1936 Leon Taugeron 1886 1961 Radical SocialistDecember 1936 March 1941 Jean Vignais 1878 1954 Radical SocialistMarch 1941 September 1944 Alexandre Le Lamer 1873 1950 RightSources Yann Vince Reze histoire municipale editions Herault 1997List of mayors after 1944 Term Name Political Party PositionSeptember 1944 May 1945 Jean Vignais 1878 1954 Radical SocialistMay 1945 March 1949 Arthur Boutin 1903 1980 SFIO General CouncilMarch 1949 March 1959 Georges Albert Benezet 1892 1970 RPFMarch 1959 February 1978 Alexandre Plancher 1909 1978 SFIO General CouncilApril 1978 February 1999 Jacques Floch 1938 PS Deputy1999 2014 Gilles Retiere PS2014 2020 Gerard Allard PS2020 2022 Herve Neau DVG2022 incumbent Agnes Bourgeais 1 Sources Yann Vince Reze histoire municipale editions Herault 1997 and Annuaire Mairie 3 Population EditHistorical populationYearPop p a 17934 466 18003 519 3 35 18064 989 5 99 18214 756 0 32 18314 968 0 44 18415 277 0 61 18466 203 3 29 18516 644 1 38 18567 054 1 20 18617 209 0 44 18667 423 0 59 18726 946 1 10 18766 849 0 35 18817 377 1 50 18867 418 0 11 18917 431 0 04 18967 803 0 98 19018 751 2 32 YearPop p a 19068 919 0 38 19119 424 1 11 192110 368 0 96 192611 050 1 28 193112 325 2 21 193613 499 1 84 194616 395 1 96 195419 000 1 86 196228 276 5 10 196833 509 2 87 197535 730 0 92 198233 562 0 89 199033 262 0 11 199935 478 0 72 200737 846 0 81 201239 377 0 80 201741 411 1 01 Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Source EHESS 4 and INSEE 5 International relations EditMain article List of twin towns and sister cities in France Reze is twinned with Saint Wendel Germany since 1973 Ain Defla Algeria since 1985 Dundalk Ireland since 1990 Villa El Salvador Peru since 1991 Ineu Romania since 2003 Rural Community of Ronkh Diawar Senegal since 2003 Abu Dis Palestine since 2007 6 See also EditCommunes of the Loire Atlantique department List of Catholic dioceses in FranceReferences Edit a b Repertoire national des elus les maires in French data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises 4 May 2022 Populations legales 2020 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 29 December 2022 Ville de Reze annuaire mairie fr accessed 17 May 2021 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d aujourd hui Commune data sheet Reze EHESS in French INSEE Population en historique depuis 1968 Reze Website 1 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reze Official website in French GCatholic former bishopric Nouveau Larousse Illustre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reze amp oldid 1168476959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
