and obscured by an embankment in recent years. The site of the park and La Monniais with its grand house in the English style, nicknamed the castle, and farther along the road, the old manor. This site has served as a stone quarry. The Dézerseul ponds, a nature reserve created by the town in 1973 for recreation and leisure, composed of 40 hectares. The port of Cesson, leaving over the Vilaine, at the intersection with the Rue de Rennes, which it faces. Its heyday was at the beginning of the eighteenth century, with the transport of stone extracted from Cesson, for the reconstruction of Rennes. From Fresnerie (street and park) to the Vilaine, through the course of Vilaine, the walker can discover flying bats, pipistrelles and other birds. All these species, as well as their habitats, are protected. They nest in the stone walls and under the roof of the old houses, hunt around the trees and on the Vilaine. International relations The commune is twinned with: Waltrop, Germany since 1984 Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland Dan-Kassari, Niger See also Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department References Gallery External links Town official website Cultural Heritage Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine