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Also known as Loire-Inférieure, Loire-Inferieure

Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; ; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, ) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 1,487,570 in 2023.

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Loire-Atlantique is a department (administrative region) located on France's west coast in the Pays de la Loire area, named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean. With a 2023 population of about 1.5 million people, it is a significant populated area in western France.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,568 inbound references to Loire-Atlantique, and connects out to France, Paris and World War II.

The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including 1790 establishments in France, Celtic nations and Commons link from Wikidata.

Vinony links it to 95 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Loire-Atlantique
Settlement.native_name
(Gallo)
Settlement.native_name_lang
fr
Settlement.type
Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline
Hôtel de préfecture de la Loire-Atlantique (colonnes) - Nantes.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Prefecture building in Nantes
Settlement.image_flag
Drapeau fr département Loire-Atlantique.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Blason département fr Loire-Atlantique.svg
Settlement.image_map
Loire-Atlantique-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Loire-Atlantique in France
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
France
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Pays de la Loire
Settlement.seat_type
Prefecture
Settlement.seat
Nantes
Settlement.parts_type
Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style
para

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Atlantic Ocean
Official name
Loire-Atlantique
Country
France
Capital
Nantes
Population
1487570
Area
6809
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Morbihan
Official website
www.loire-atlantique.fr
Image
Ile de Nantes.JPG
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inception
1790-03-04
topic's main category
Category:Loire-Atlantique
Commons gallery
Loire-Atlantique
Commons category
Loire-Atlantique
category for people born here
Category:Births in Loire-Atlantique
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Loire-Atlantique
category of associated people
Category:People from Loire-Atlantique
lowest point
Atlantic Ocean
located in/on physical feature
Brittany
production statistics
cider
annual number of weddings
4672
social media followers
75440
Sources (5)

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Principal towns
  • Demographics
  • Culture
  • Politics
  • Current Deputies of the National Assembly
  • Current Senators
  • Political movements
  • Transport
  • Tourism
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; ; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, ) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 1,487,570 in 2023.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loire-Atlantique” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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