|
Nantes | ||||||
Motto: Latin: Favet Neptunus eunti | ||||||
| ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
|  | |||||
| Administration | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | France | |||||
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |||||
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |||||
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |||||
| Canton | 7 cantons | |||||
| Intercommunality | Nantes Métropole | |||||
| Mayor | Johanna Rolland (PS) (2014–2020) | |||||
| Statistics | ||||||
| Land area1 | 65.19 km2 (25.17 sq mi) | |||||
| Population2 | 298,029 (2016 census) | |||||
| - Ranking | 6th in France | |||||
| - Density | 4,572/km2 (11,840/sq mi) | |||||
| Urban area | 537.70 km2 (207.61 sq mi) (2008) | |||||
| - Population | 612782 (2013) | |||||
| Metro area | 3,302 km2 (1,275 sq mi) (2013) | |||||
| - Population | 908815 (2013) | |||||
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) | |||||
| INSEE/Postal code | 44109/ 44000, 44100, 44200 and 44300 | |||||
| Dialling code | 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. | ||||||
| 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||||||
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 has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
view more...
 |
|
