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Nantes | ||||||
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Prefecture and commune | ||||||
Top to bottom, left to right: the Loire in central Nantes; the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany; the Pommeraye Arcade, and the Isle of Nantes between the branches of the Loire | ||||||
 Flag  Coat of arms | ||||||
| Motto(s): | ||||||
  Nantes Location within Pays de la Loire region  Nantes | ||||||
| Coordinates: 47°13′05″N 1°33′10″W / 47.2181°N 1.5528°WCoordinates: 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)2 | 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+1 (CET (GMT +1)) | |||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||||||
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Nantes is a city in France, the prefecture of the Pays de la Loire region and the Loire-Atlantique department, on the Atlantic Ocean. 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 has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
Education[change | change source]
- Audencia Nantes School of Management
- École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies
- Institut supérieur européen de gestion group
- E-Artsup
- Institut catholique d'arts et métiers
- Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action
Twin towns[change | change source]
Nantes has town twinning and cooperation agreements with:
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Friendship relations[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
Port 
Another view of the cathedral 
Feydeau island
Other websites[change | change source]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nantes. |
