Coordinates: 47°39′21″N 2°45′37″W / 47.6559°N 2.7603°W / 47.6559; -2.7603

Vannes (French pronunciation: [van]; Breton: Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2000 years ago.

Vannes is located on the Gulf of Morbihan at the mouth of two rivers, the Marle and the Vincin. It is around 100 km northwest of Nantes and 450 km south west of Paris. Vannes is a market town and often linked to the sea.

The name Vannes comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who lived in the south-western part of Armorica in Gaul before the Roman invasions. The Veneti were defeated by Julius Caesar's fleet in 56 BC in front of Locmariaquer; all the Veneti were then either slaughtered or sold into slavery. The Romans settled a town called Darioritum (the romanized Gaulish name of Vannes) in a location previously belonging to the Veneti.

The diocese of Vannes was erected in the 5th century. The Council of Vannes was held there in 461.

The first historical ruler of Vannes was Waroch.

Laurent Ruquier, born February 24, 1963 in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France is a popular French journalist, satirical comedian, and TV and radio host. He is also a columnist, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and impresario.

Ruquier grew up in a large family of modest means. His father was a locally-based construction worker, and his mother, a housewife. A happy child, Ruquier breezed through school and entertained his classmates with his very first attempts at satire in the school newspaper.

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In september 2000, Thierry Ardisson and Catherine Barma offer him to enliven On a tout essayé "We tried everything" on France 2 in second evening party, every other Tuesday. In 2001, his talk show received a 7 d'or in the category "Better comedy show". In front of success of the programm, France 2 offers him, in september 2001, to pass in daily between 7 pm and 8 pm. With him, there is notably Philippe Geluck, Peri Cochin, Isabelle Alonso, Caroline Diament, Christophe Alévêque, Elsa Fayer, Annie Lemoine, Steevy Boulay, Pierre Bénichou, Florence Foresti... From september 2007 to july 2008, he enliven On n'a pas tout dit "We haven't said everything", a daily talk show which replaced On a tout essayé.