Cesson-Sévigné

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Cesson-Sévigné

Total population

17,716

Elevation27 m

Land area32.14 km²

Coordinates48.12°, -1.60°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cesson-Sévigné is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Paul Féval

French novelist and dramatist 1817-1887

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Dominique Blin

French association football player (1952-2010)

Dominique Boullier

French sociologist

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Dominique d'Esmé

French dressage rider

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Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc

French naval officer, governor of Saint-Domingue

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Emmanuel Besnard

French politician

Emmanuel Burdeau

French film critic

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Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû

Emmanuel Fougerat

French painter (1869-1958)

Emmanuel Le Ray

French architect (1859-1936)

Emmanuel Tugny

French singer-songwriter

Emmanuelle Gorjeu

French basketball player

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Éric Loiselet

French politician

Erik Wietzel

French novelist

Ernest Guérin

French painter (1887-1952)

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Erwan Bouvier

French basketball player (born 1974)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-27

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-27

common greenshield lichen

Flavoparmelia caperata

Seen 2026-09-27

Wood Cricket

Nemobius sylvestris

Seen 2026-09-26

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-26

Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Geranium-bronze

Cacyreus marshalli

Seen 2026-09-26

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers