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A France 3 Pays de la Loire set at La Folle Journée. The local press is dominated by the Ouest-France group, which owns the area's two major newspapers: Ouest-France and Presse-Océan. Ouest-France, based in Rennes, covers north-western France and is the country's best-selling newspaper. Presse-Océan, based in Nantes, covers Loire-Atlantique.
1560 - Francis II of France grants Nantes a communal constitution. [4] 1598 - Edict of Nantes, granting rights to Protestants, signed in the Château des ducs de Bretagne. [4] 1606 - Hôtel de Ville completed. [6] 1626 - Henry de Talleyrand punished for plotting against Cardinal Richelieu. [4] 1640 - Nantes Stock Exchange established.
Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]; lit. ' Lands of the Loire ') is one of the eighteen regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre).
The Machines of the Isle of Nantes (French: Les Machines de l'île) is an artistic, touristic and cultural project based in Nantes, France.The project is based in the old covered buildings of the former shipyards in Nantes that were at one time used for ship construction (les nefs), and later used as business sites.
The Nantes Metropolis (French: Nantes Métropole, pronounced [nɑ̃t metʁɔpɔl]) is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nantes. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Nantes. [1]
The Castle, Nantes and Brittany back to the 17th century, Nantes, daughter of the river and the ocean, Commerce and the black gold in the 18th century, Nantes in Revolution, A colonial and industrial port (1815–1940), A new city takes shape (1940–1990), A great Atlantic city, today and tomorrow.
Travel site Lonely Planet named Toulouse the best city to visit in 2025, but I found the French city felt like an underwhelming college town.
Jules Verne, science fiction writer, traveller, lived in Nantes from birth to 1847 then went to Paris and shortly after returned to Nantes, where he stayed until July 1848; Sandrine Voillet, art historian and television presenter; Louis Vuillemin (1879–1929), composer