Vannes

Vannes Gwened
Montage o Vannes, Tap left:View o Ramparts Garden o Vannes an Gaillard Castle Museum, Tap richt:Saint Peters Cathedral, Middle left:Vieux lavoirs, auld washin place, Center:Connetable Touer, Middle right:Intra Muros narrow street, Bottom left:Saint Paterne Church, Bottom richt:Conleau Pier
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Vannes
Location within Brittany region  Vannes
Coordinates: 47°39′21″N 2°45′37″W
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Brittany
Depairtment	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Vannes
Intercommunality	Pays de Vannes
Govrenment
• Mayor (2011–2016)	David Robo
Aurie
• Land1	32.3 km2 (12.5 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	52,648
INSEE/Postal code	56260 / 56000
Elevation	0–56 m (0–184 ft) (avg. 22 m or 72 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anly coonted ance.

Vannes (French pronunciation: [van]; Breton: Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan depairtment in Brittany in north-wastren Fraunce.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Vannes is twinned wi:

• Mons, Belgium (syne 1952)
• Cuxhaven, Germany (syne 1963)
• Fareham, Unitit Kinrick (syne 1967)

Vannes an aa haes partnerships (‘partenariats’) wi:

• Barouéli, Mali
• Wałbrzych, Poland