Nantes: City in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Nantes is a city in France, the prefecture of the Pays de la Loire region and the Loire-Atlantique department, on the Atlantic Ocean.
From the 16th to the 19th centuries, it was the busiest slave trading port in France. Before 1941, Nantes was part of Brittany. The Gallo and Breton languages are spoken in the city. Jules Verne was a famous writer from Nantes.
Nantes | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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  Nantes  Nantes | |
| Coordinates: 47°13′05″N 1°33′10″W / 47.2181°N 1.5528°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Nantes |
| Canton | 7 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Nantes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Johanna Rolland (PS) |
| Area 1 | 65.19 km2 (25.17 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2008) | 537.70 km2 (207.61 sq mi) |
| • Metro (2013) | 3,302 km2 (1,275 sq mi) |
| Population (2016 census) | 298,029 |
| • Rank | 6th in France |
| • Density | 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2013) | 612,782 |
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro (2013) | 908,815 |
| • Metro density | 280/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44109 /44000, 44100, 44200 and 44300 |
| Dialling codes | 02 |
| Website | nantes.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Nantes has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
Education
Twin towns
Nantes has town twinning and cooperation agreements with:
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Friendship relations
The city has friendship relations with:
Guinea, since 1992.
St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S., since 1993.
Jericho, West Bank, since 2001.
Desdunes and Petionville, Haiti, since 2005.
Nantes, Quebec, Canada, since 2009.
Gallery
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Feydeau island -
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La Marie Séraphique, a slave ship that traveled from Nantes
References
Other websites
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