Nantes facts for kids
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Nantes
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The Dukes Castle.
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Country | France | |
Region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Area
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65.19 km2 (25.17 sq mi) | |
Population
(2012)
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291,604 | |
• Density | 4,473.1/km2 (11,585.4/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code |
44109 /44000
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Elevation | 2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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 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:
- 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.
Images for kids
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Nantes Cathedral, rebuilt in the Gothic style beginning in the 15th century
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Place Foch, with its Louis XVI column
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The Passage Pommeraye, a shopping aracade.
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Reliquary of Anne of Brittany in the Dobrée Museum
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Jules Verne, born in Nantes in 1828
See also
In Spanish: Nantes para niños
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