It lies near Rennes. The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means "the red place". The name was used to call "the red place" because of the high iron-composition of the ground. The river Chère forms small part of the commune's southern border. The de Rougé family whose former name was des Rues is a family of the French nobility from Anjou, dating back to the 14th century.  the proven filiation of the de Rougé family is established with Huet des Rues, married in 1375 with Jeanne d'Erbrée or with Jean II des Rues, married in 1421 with Jeanne d'Orvaux. The "des Rues family" used the name "de Rougé" at the beginning of the 16th century after that the older family of the same name "de Rougé" (known since 1045) became extinct. The link between the "des Rues family" and the former "de Rougé family" is not proven. Sidon Eyalet  The Eyalet of Sidon () was an eyalet (also known as a "beylerbeylik") of the Ottoman Empire. In the 19th century, the eyalet extended from the border with Egypt to the Bay of Kesrouan, including parts of modern Palestine and Lebanon. Depending on the location of its capital, it was also known as the Eyalet of Safad, Beirut or Akka (Acre). Ottoman rulers considered creating the Province as early as 1585. The districts of Beirut-Sidon and Safed (encompassing much of the Galilee) were united under the rule of Ma'nid Emir Fakhr-al-Din ibn Maan. The Province was briefly created during Fakhr-al-Din's exile in 1614–15, and recreated in 1660. The province continued to be subordinated in some ways, both in fiscal and political matters, to the Damascus province out of which it was created. Despite conflicts in the 1660s, the Maan family "played the leading role in the management of the internal affairs of this eyalet until the closing years of the 17th century, perhaps because it was not possible to manage the province-certainly not in the sanjak of Sidon-Beirut-without them." The Maans were succeeded by the Shihab family in ruling Sidon-Beirut from the final years of the 17th century through the 19th century.