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Nantes | ||||||
Motto: Latin: Favet Neptunus eunti | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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Administration | ||||||
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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. | ||||||
2 Population 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. 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
- 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
Nantes has town twinning and cooperation agreements with:
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Friendship relations
The city has friendship relations with:
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Guinea, since 1992.
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St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S., since 1993.
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Jericho, West Bank, since 2001.
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Desdunes and Petionville, Haiti, since 2005.
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Nantes, Quebec, Canada, since 2009.