The Stellantis Rennes Plant is one of the principal car plants in France , producing approximately 340,000 cars in 2005. The Rennes plant was acquired by the PSA Group in 1976 when Peugeot took a majority stake in the Citroën company which had built the plant.
47-547: Stellantis Rennes is the largest private employer in the Rennes conurbation, with approximately 2,000 people as of 2021. In January 2021, PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles merged to form Stellantis . The plant is located to the south-west of Rennes in the commune of Chartres-de-Bretagne , just beyond the Rennes city limits on a large site at Rennes-la-Janais, across the road from the city's airport . The completion in 2010 of
94-499: A botanical garden and collections (the Jardin botanique de l'Université de Rennes ). The local economy is based on car manufacturing, telecommunications, the digital sector and agrifood. The telecommunications firm Orange (ex-France Telecom) is the largest private employer in the metropolitan area of Rennes with a workforce of 4,800 people. PSA Peugeot Citroën is the second largest private employer, with 3,000 employees. PSA opened
141-604: A botanical garden on 10 hectares of land, built between 1860 and 1867. 17th century promenade "la Motte à Madame", and a monumental stairway overlooking the Rue de Paris entrance to the Thabor. The south city centre is a mix of old buildings and 19th and 20th century constructions. The Fine Arts Museum is situated on Quai Émile Zola, by the Vilaine River. Les Champs Libres is a building on Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, and
188-819: A manufacturing plant at La Janais in Chartres-de-Bretagne in 1961. Technicolor , one of the biggest TV and cinema broadcasting firms in the world, employs over 500 people. Rennes has the second largest concentration of digital and ICT firms in France after Paris (with well-known companies and startups like Atos , Google , Neosoft, Orange S.A., Thales , Ericsson , Harmonic France , STmicroelectronics , Technicolor R&D , Ubisoft , Regionsjob, Capgemini , OVH , Dassault Systèmes , Delta Dore, Canon , Artefacto, Enensys Technologies, Exfo, Mitsubishi Electric R&D Europe , Digitaleo, Kelbillet , Klaxoon , Sopra Group , Niji, and Airbus Cybersecurity ). Rennes
235-579: A second plant at Rennes dedicated to the production of rubber based components for the automobile industry. This plant, known as the "Barre Thomas" (plant), is located in an industrial zone (ZI Ouest/Route de Lorient) to the west of Rennes. The plant was sold to an Italian company in 1999, since when its ownership structure has charted a far from simple course: currently "Barre Thomas" is owned by an investment fund called Silver Point. The plant, which dates originally from 1954, still employs more than 1,600 people (2005) and still sends more than 90% of its output to
282-593: A terrible fire in 1994 that may have been caused by a flare fired by a protester during a demonstration. It houses the Rennes Court of Appeal . The surrounding plaza is built in the classical style. In the west, the Place de la Mairie (City Hall Plaza, Plasenn Ti Kêr): In the east, at the end of the Rue Saint-Georges with traditional half-timbered houses: In the south-east: The Place des Lices
329-564: A time when it was a small Gallic village named Condate. Together with Vannes and Nantes , it was one of the major cities of the ancient Duchy of Brittany . From the early sixteenth century until the French Revolution , Rennes was a parliamentary, administrative and garrison city of the historic province of Brittany in the Kingdom of France , as evidenced by its 17th-century Parliament's Palace . Rennes played an important role in
376-409: A €50 million investment in new model production facilities will leave the total covered factory area at 500,000 m. By 2008 the area under cover had grown to more than 700,000 m, but this was to be reduced in order "to reduce fixed costs and optimize logistical efficiencies". In practice, the site is a large one: where it was cheaper to build a new dedicated assembly hall than to refit an existing one it
423-667: Is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine . Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany region and Ille-et-Vilaine department . In 2017, its urban area had a population of 357,327 inhabitants, while the larger metropolitan area had a population of 739,974. The inhabitants of Rennes are called Rennais (masculine) and Rennaises (feminine) in French . Rennes's history goes back more than 2,000 years to
470-571: Is also the eighth-largest university campus of France. In 2018, L'Express named Rennes as "the most liveable city in France". Since 2015, Rennes is divided into 6 cantons (populations as of 2019): Rennes is divided into 12 quarters : The current mayor of Rennes is Nathalie Appéré . A member of the Socialist Party , she replaced retiring Socialist incumbent Daniel Delaveau , in office from 2008 to 2014. Among previous well-known mayors are: The mairie ( city hall )
517-400: Is likely that some of the older buildings included in the quoted 2008 figure will have been already unused for many years. Before 1999 the company also owned a plant for the manufacture of rubber components on the city's western ( Route de Lorient ) Industrial Zone and statistics from that period concerning matters such as employment often aggregate the figures for the two plants together. At
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#1732786567808564-614: Is lined by hôtels particuliers . Along with the Place Rallier-du-Baty, it is the location of the weekly big market, the marché des Lices. Near the Rennes Cathedral (cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes) is the Rue du Chapitre: Also in this area are the former St. Yves chapel, which is now the tourist office and a local historical museum, and the Basilica Saint-Sauveur. Built from the 3rd to
611-620: Is located in a restored building on Rue du Pré-Botté, which is the former office of Ouest-Éclair, and then of Ouest-France , France's leading daily regional newspaper. There are large mills at Rue Duhamel, constructed on each side of the south branch of the Vilaine in 1895 and 1902. To the northwest of Rennes, near Rue de Saint-Malo, are the locks of the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance , opened in 1843. Two locations for Oberthür Printing Works were built by Marthenot between 1870 and 1895 on Rue de Paris in
658-614: Is right in the centre of Rennes. The French Prison Service operates the Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes , the largest women's prison in France. The ancient centre of the town is built on a hill, with the north side being more elevated than the south side. It is at the confluence of two rivers: the Ille and the Vilaine . Rennes is located on the European atlantic arc , 50 km from
705-584: Is well-equipped with musical facilities: Vigo PSA Factory The Stellantis Vigo plant ( Centro de Vigo de Stellantis ) is a Spanish car manufacturing and assembly plant in Vigo , Galicia , Spain , owned by Stellantis (formerly Groupe PSA ). The plant was established by Citroën in April 1958 due to the high tariff barriers that protected Spain's domestic auto-makers. "Citroën Hispania" initially employed around 100 individuals. The selection of Vigo
752-506: The English Channel (near Saint-Malo , Dinard , and Mont Saint-Michel ). Rennes has the distinction of having a significant Green Belt around its ring road. This Green Belt is a protected area between the city proper (rather dense) and the rest of its urban area (rather rural). Rennes features an oceanic climate . Precipitation in Rennes is considerably less abundant than in the western parts of Brittany, reaching only half of
799-847: The Peugeot 504 began production in Vigo in 1977, followed by the Peugeot 505 . However, the bulk of production were Citroën cars such as the Citroën Visa , Citroën BX , Citroën AX , Citroën ZX , Citroën Xsara , Citroën Xsara Picasso and Citroën C4 Picasso . About 1.1 million units of the Citroën C15 van were produced from 1984 to 2005. The Citroën Berlingo and Peugeot Partner began production in 1996. The 66-hectare (160-acre) site includes factory units covering panel stamping, welding, painting and assembly. In 2005 Vigo produced 422,950 vehicles and 46,410 CKD kits . By 2007, supported by
846-413: The metropolitan area had a population of nearly 750,000. Rennes has the second fastest-growing metropolitan area in France after Toulouse and ahead of Montpellier , Bordeaux and Nantes . Rennes is classified as a city of art and history. The historic centre is located on the former plan of the ramparts. There is a difference between the northern city centre and the southern city centre due to
893-517: The 12th centuries, the ramparts were largely destroyed between the beginning of the 16th century and the 1860s. In the south-west of the area, La Rue Saint-Michel nicknamed Rue de La Soif ( Road of Thirst ), is known for its many bars. Meanwhile, in the south-east, the Place du Champ-Jacquet features Renaissance buildings and a statue of mayor Jean Leperdit ripping up a conscription list. Area of Saint-Melaine square Jardin botanique du Thabor (formal French garden, orangerie, rose garden, aviary)
940-491: The 1720 fire, which destroyed most of the timber-framed houses in the northern part of the city. The rebuilding was done in stone, on a grid plan. The poorer southern part was not rebuilt. Due to the presence of the parlement de Bretagne , many " hôtels particuliers " were built in the northern part, the richer half of Rennes in the 18th century. Most of the city's monuments historiques can be found there. Colourful traditional half-timbered houses are situated primarily along
987-516: The 1980s, with Citroën's finances subjected by its new owners to a more rigorous cost control régime, financial stability returned. Investment was applied judiciously, however, and employment at the plant peaked at around 14,000 in the 1980s. This was also a period during which the company's Vigo plant in north-west Spain was beginning to move away from exclusive concentration on small cars, reflecting rapidly rising incomes in Spain. This meant that during
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#17327865678081034-399: The 1990s the two plants would find themselves in increasingly direct competition to build the same cars, with the costs of France's generous social benefits, funded by employment taxes, leaving the Rennes plant looking in some respects expensive. One response, as in much of France's manufacturing industry, was increased dependence on new industrial robots for many routine assembly-line tasks. By
1081-550: The French agrifood industry, with many firms in this field ( Lactalis , Triballat Sojasun, Coralis, Panavi, Bridor , Groupe Avril, Loïc Raison, Groupe Roullier, Sanders, etc.), an agro campus (Agrocampus Ouest) and a large international and professional expo, SPACE (held every September). Other large firms located in Rennes include the restaurant conglomerate Groupe Le Duff (owners of Brioche Dorée , Bruegger's , La Madeleine , Mimi's Cafe , Timothy's World Coffee ), Ouest-France,
1128-556: The PSA Rennes-la-Janais plant. This article incorporates information from the equivalent entry in the French Misplaced Pages. 48°03′30″N 1°42′49″W / 48.05833°N 1.71361°W / 48.05833; -1.71361 Rennes Rennes ( French pronunciation: [ʁɛn] ; Breton : Roazhon [ˈrwɑːõn] ; Gallo : Resnn ; Latin : Condate Redonum )
1175-550: The Stamped Paper Revolt ( Revolt of the papier timbré ) in 1675. After the destructive fire of 1720, the medieval wooden center of the city was partially rebuilt in stone. Remaining mostly rural until the Second World War , Rennes underwent significant development in the twentieth century. Since the 1950s, Rennes has grown in importance through rural flight and modern industrial development, partly in
1222-501: The USA. The Rennes-la-Janais plant was opened in 1961 in a ceremony adorned by the dominating presence of the president . Citroën products featured prominently in the presidential cortege, but the first cars produced at the Rennes plant were small Ami 6 models rather than the DS favoured for presidential use. The Ami continued in production for ten years, till 1971, having in 1967 been joined on
1269-594: The automotive sector. The city developed extensive building plans to accommodate upwards of 200,000 inhabitants. During the 1980s, Rennes became one of the main centres in telecommunications and high-tech industry. It is now a significant digital innovation centre in France. In 2002, Rennes became the smallest city in the world to have a Metro line. Labeled a city of art and history, it has preserved an important medieval and classical heritage within its historic center, with over 90 buildings protected as historic monuments. Home to more than 66,000 students in 2016, it
1316-470: The beginning of the 20th century, with France producing more automobiles than any other country, automobile construction was heavily dependent on a handful of traditional craft based skills, and the country's auto-industry, along with most heavy industry in France, was heavily concentrated in the Paris region. Having grown prosperous as a munitions producer during the war , when automobile pioneer André Citroën
1363-543: The country. During the 1980s, Rennes was often cited as a hub of rock and new wave music in France. Les Champs Libres is the largest cultural institution in Brittany. They welcome more than a million visitors each year. Organized in a six-story pyramid with views over the city, the library offers 120,000 documents for loan, and there we can find as well the Museum of Brittany , Espace des Sciences and Planetarium. Rennes
1410-498: The domestic market due economic conditions and high mutual tariffs with neighboring countries. By 1960, production reached 3,600 vehicles with a workforce of about 500. Vigo's production remained limited to the 2CV and its derivatives until the mid-size Citroën GS began production at the plant in 1971. Citroën's Vigo facility sustained moderate growth, with a record output of about 110,000 vehicles in 1975 and employment rising to about 6,000 individuals. After Peugeot bought Citroën,
1457-474: The eastern part of the city. Oberthür Park is the second biggest garden in the city. The 17th century manor of Haute-Chalais, a granite château, is situated to the south of the city in Blosne Quarter (Bréquigny). Parc du Thabor contains a compact but significant botanical garden , the Jardin botanique du Thabor . The University of Rennes 1 , with a campus in the city's eastern section, also contains
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1504-556: The factory's break-even volume, however. The site is a large one, and since February 2014 it has accommodated a substantial workshop for the renovation of High-speed trains , staffed by employees on assignment the SNCF from the PSA workforce. The site can be divided into four zones, covering respectively administration, logistics (with general support), quality and production. Of these four elements it is, of course, production that uses most of
1551-565: The first decade of 21st century nevertheless Vigo was producing more cars than Rennes, and the Rennes plant's labour force had more than halved, to approximately 6,900 in 2009. In 2004, after 42 years, the plant produced its ten millionth car. 2004 was also the year when, for the first time, the company produced a Peugeot badged vehicle, the 407 at the Rennes plant, joined in 2009 by the slow selling (and soon to be discontinued) 607 . The Peugeot 407 sold very strongly for several years, although demand tailed off quite sharply in 2008 and 2009: both
1598-426: The larger C6 . Preparations are well underway to assemble the forthcoming Peugeot 508 at Rennes, with production commencing on a highly automated production line - eventually at the rate of up to 45 vehicles per hour - after the 2010 summer break. Other reports apparently based on company press releases have suggested a rate of 55 cars per hours for the extensively upgraded new production line. The decision taken at
1645-451: The levels of, e.g., the city of Quimper , which makes rainfall in Rennes comparable to the levels of large parts of western Germany. Sunshine hours range between 1,700 and 1,850 annually, which is about the amount of sunshine received by the city of Lausanne . In 2018, the inner population of the city was 221,272. The Rennes intercommunal structure connecting Rennes with 42 nearby suburbs (named Rennes Métropole ) had 450,593 inhabitants and
1692-441: The most important sectors in the industrialising economy, and auto-production had become massively labour-intensive. The artisanal skills of the Paris carriage maker were no longer of much relevance, however. Commercial success for the 2CV and (more recently) DS models left Citroën desperately short of production capacity in their cramped Paris site, and the decision was taken to build a new greenfield plant . The Rennes location
1739-490: The most-read French-language newspaper in the world (with a circulation of 800,000 daily copies), and Samsic Service (cleanliness, industrial safety, job search, etc.). Rennes is known as one of the most festive cities in France. It invests heavily in arts and culture and a number of its festivals such as the music festival Les Transmusicales , Les Tombées de la Nuit , Mythos , Stunfest ( fighting game competition) and Travelling (a film festival) are well known throughout
1786-583: The production line by the Dyane and in 1970 by the GS which launched Citroën into the middle market sector. It was the medium-sized cars which would henceforth dominate the production lines at Rennes while almost all of the old 2 CVs continued to be produced at the company's Paris plant until the late 1980s after which that model's final years' production were increasingly concentrated on a small plant in Portugal . In
1833-405: The roads of Saint-Sauveur, Saint-Georges, de Saint-Malo, Saint-Guillaume, des Dames, du Chapitre, Vasselot, Saint-Michel, de la Psallette and around the plazas of Champ-Jacquet, des Lices, Saint-Anne and Rallier-du-Baty. The Parlement de Bretagne (Administrative and judicial centre of Brittany, Breton : Breujoù Breizh ) is the most famous 17th century building in Rennes. It was rebuilt after
1880-536: The sales success of this important model, and its more recent decline, have been closely reflected in the level of activity at the plant in recent years. In 2009 production of the Xsara Picasso , hitherto shared between Spain and France, transferred fully to Vigo . In 2010 the plant's output is concentrated on the company's Platform 3 models, being currently the Peugeot 407 and the Citroën C5 , along with
1927-411: The space, and the production activities are in turn divided between four sections as follows: The various parts of the production area are linked by an array of automated conveyors. At the end of the final assembly area the cars are welcomed first to the testing section and then to the dispatch area. Models principally produced up to the end of 2005 (figures rounded): Prior to 1999 the PSA group owned
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1974-485: The start of the twenty-first century to focus on C-class cars, at the larger end of the passenger car market, has not served the plant well. The sector has been under attack from luxury automakers such as Audi and BMW while more cost conscious buyers have been switching to smaller family cars in the Golf / Peugeot 308 class. With annual volumes well below 200,000 cars in recent years the manufacturer has been able to lower
2021-592: Was chosen in 1958 on account of its abundant supply of available labour and the low wages in an area where the economy was heavily dependent on the primary sector . Farming in the 1950s was beginning to shed labour fast as an increasing share of the agricultural workload hitherto reliant on manual labour was mechanised. Citroën's decision to build their new plant on a Greenfield site in an area still dominated by agriculture mirrored auto-industry developments taking place at this time in Michigan and several adjacent states in
2068-517: Was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc . It houses the Brittany Museum (Musée de Bretagne), the regional library Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole with six floors, and the Espace des Sciences science centre with a planetarium. At Place Honoré Commeurec is Les Halles Centrales, a covered market from 1922, with one part converted into contemporary art gallery. The Mercure Hotel
2115-540: Was influenced by its port and tax incentives from a "freeport" zone created by Francisco Franco . The first vehicle manufactured was the Furgoneta AZU, a locally assembled Citroën 2CV van, with the passenger car version following a year later. The first-year production totaled 400 vehicles. In August 1959, the operations moved to the nearby Balaídos district, marking a phase of gradual expansion as production increased to 1,700 vehicles. Production mainly catered to
2162-460: Was one of the first French cities to receive French Tech accreditation, in November 2014. Moreover, Rennes has the third highest public research potential in the digital and ICT sectors in France, after Paris and Grenoble, with 3,000 people working in 10 laboratories, including the well-known IRISA, IETR, IRMAR, DGA-MI (cyberdefense), and SATIE. It also has the third highest innovation potential in
2209-403: Was ready to start his own manufacturing business, applying revolutionary production techniques which he had seen in development at Ford's Detroit plant, the obvious place to base a new auto-business in France was Paris, which is where Citroën's car factory was established in 1919. Forty years later, the production techniques pioneered by Citroën had permitted the auto-industry to become one of
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