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The city publishes a free monthly magazine, Nantes Passion, and five other free magazines for specific areas: Couleur locale (Les Dervallières), Écrit de Bellevue, Malakocktail (Malakoff), Mosaïques (Nantes-Nord) and Zest for the eastern neighbourhoods. [256] National radio stations FIP and Fun Radio have outlets in Nantes.
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).
Loire maritime: 53 km from the Atlantic Ocean at Saint-Nazaire to Nantes, no locks [15] Loire: 84 km from Nantes to Bouchemaine near Angers, no locks [16] Canal latéral à la Loire: 196 km from Briare to Digoin, parallel to the river, 36 locks [17] Canal de Roanne à Digoin: 56 km from Digoin to Roanne, parallel to the river, 10 locks [18]
Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes), is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral located in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Construction began in 1434, on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, and took 457 years to finish in 1891.
Aerial view of the île de Nantes The île de Nantes on the map of Nantes. The île de Nantes (French pronunciation: [il də nɑ̃t], Island of Nantes) is an island located in the centre of the city of Nantes, France, surrounded by two branches of the river Loire—the "bras de la Madeleine" (branch of the Madeleine) at the north and the "bras de Pirmil" (branch of Pirmil) at the south.
Ace trivia night with these cool and random fun facts for adults and kids. This list of interesting facts is the perfect way to learn something new about life. 105 Fun Facts About Science, History ...
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.
Loire-Atlantique (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ atlɑ̃tik]; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; Breton: Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, [3] Breton: Liger-Izelañ) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean.