Vezin-le-Coquet

Commune in Brittany, France

Vezin-le-Coquet Bezein (Gallo) Gwezin (Breton)
Commune
The church in Vezin-le-Coquet
Location of Vezin-le-Coquet
(2020–2026)		René-François Houssin^[1]
Area ¹	7.86 km² (3.03 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	6,337
• Density	810/km² (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35353 /35132
Elevation	21–67 m (69–220 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vezin-le-Coquet (French pronunciation: [vəzɛ̃ lə kɔkɛ]; Breton: Gwezin; Gallo: Bezein) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France.

A men's prison, the Centre Penitentiaire pour Hommes de Vezin (operational since March 2010), is located within the commune.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Vezin-le-Coquet are called Vezinois in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,596	—
1975	2,207	+4.74%
1982	2,731	+3.09%
1990	3,268	+2.27%
1999	4,026	+2.34%
2007	3,865	−0.51%
2012	4,838	+4.59%
2017	5,727	+3.43%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Ouverture du nouveau cp (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE