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    Rance (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃s] ; Breton: Renk, [ˈrẽŋk]) is a river of northwestern France. It is 103.6 km (64.4 mi) long. The semi-tidal river flows...
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    The Rance Tidal Power Station is a tidal power station located on the estuary of the Rance River in Brittany, France. Opened in 1966 as the world's first...
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  • rance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rance may refer to: Rance (river), northwestern France Rancé, a commune in eastern France, near Lyon Ranče,...
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    Ille (redirect from Ille River)
    the city Rennes. The Ille is linked to the semi-tidal Rance river by the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance. By this canal, Rennes has a connection with the English...
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    the Rance's summer flows are typically low, in the range of 500 cubic feet per second (14 m3/s). For many years, the bridge over the river Rance at Dinan...
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    cities of Dinard and Saint-Malo); the Rance river is connected from the west of the department to the Ille river in the north-west suburbs of Rennes with...
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    tidal island near Saint-Malo, France. It is located at the mouth of the Rance River, a few hundred metres from the walls of Saint-Malo. At low tide the island...
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    sector. Only a few such plants exist. The first was the Rance Tidal Power Station, on the Rance river, in France, which has been operating since 1966 and...
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    In 1966, Électricité de France opened the Rance Tidal Power Station, located on the estuary of the Rance River in Brittany. It was the world's first tidal...
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    2001, p. 134. Charlier, R. H. (1 December 2007). "Forty candles for the Rance River TPP tides provide renewable and sustainable power generation". Renewable...
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