During the second half of the 20th century, Nantes expanded south into the communes of Rezé, Vertou and Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (across the Loire but near the city centre) and north-bank communes including Saint-Herblain, Orvault and Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire. [187], Nantes' cityscape is primarily recent, with more buildings built during the 20th century than in any other era. The Loire in Nantes now has only two branches, one on either side of the Isle of Nantes. Saint-Nazaire, primarily developed for goods to be transhipped before being sent to Nantes, also built rival shipyards. Nantes was at the point where the river current and the tides cancelled each other out, resulting in siltation and the formation of the original islands.

It disappeared during the revolution, and the city adopted its current motto—"Favet Neptunus eunti" ("Neptune favours the traveller")[127]—in 1816. The Passage Pommeraye appears briefly in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. [246], Nantes' central railway station is connected by TGV trains to Paris, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg. You'll also find a varity map of Nantes such as political, administrative, transportation, demographics maps following Google map. Semitan counted 132.6 million trips in 2015, of which 72.3 million were by tram. [173] Although its stock exchange was merged with that of Paris in 1990,[174] Nantes is the third-largest financial centre in France after Paris and Lyon. Subscribe to the ViaMichelin newsletter. Nantes In France Map pictures in here are posted and uploaded by secretmuseum.net for your nantes in france map images collection. ", "Une organisation au service de l'intercommunalité", Official website of the City and Métropole of Nantes, Web archive of Nantes Métropole (the old website), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nantes&oldid=982559606, Populated places established in the 2nd century BC, Populated places established in the 1st century BC, Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox settlement with possible motto list, Pages using infobox settlement with image map1 but not image map, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2017, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2017, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Articles with German-language sources (de), Articles with Spanish-language sources (es), Articles with Portuguese-language sources (pt), Articles with Italian-language sources (it), Articles with Dutch-language sources (nl), Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 October 2020, at 22:13. The most affected regions are Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France, while there are four cluster sites, foyers de contamination, in Oise, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Savoie and Morbihan. It passes through the western end of the old town, forming a series of cliffs above the quays. Made with Muscadet, it was invented around 1900 in Saint-Julien-de-Concelles (on the south bank of the Loire) and has become a popular accompaniment for fish. [167], The city is part of the territory of the langues d'oïl, a dialect continuum which stretches across northern France and includes standard French. Nantes has three other grandes écoles: the École supérieure du bois [fr] (forestry and wood processing), the School of Design and Exi-Cesi [fr] (computing).

[157], Nantes has long had ethnic minorities. [195] The Psallette, built next to the cathedral about 1500, is a late-Gothic mansion. Although many parts of Brittany experienced significant Breton immigration (loosening ties to Rome), Nantes remained allied with the empire until its collapse in the fifth century. [60] From October 1793 to February 1794, deputy Jean-Baptiste Carrier presided over a revolutionary tribunal notorious for cruelty and ruthlessness. This was lower than in nearby Rennes (64,000), and Nantes is the ninth-largest commune in France in its percentage of students. [183] The European company Airbus produces its fleet's wingboxes and radomes in Nantes, employing about 2,000 people. Arrangements have been made with:[142], The city has made agreements with other cities and regions, including Turin, Liverpool, Hamburg, Asturias and Quebec.

The Nantes tramway has three lines and a total of 43.5 kilometres (27.0 miles) of track. [157] Young couples with children tend to move outside the city because of high property prices, and most newcomers are students (37 percent) and adults moving for professional reasons (49 percent). West winds produced by cyclonic depressions in the Atlantic dominate, and north and north-west winds are also common.

Copyright About-France.com, Find ", "Mai 68. As a large port whose outskirts encompassed other provinces, Nantes has been Brittany's economic capital and a cultural crossroads. [162], Nantes is historically a Catholic city, with a cathedral, two minor basilicas, about 40 churches and around 20 chapels. Although the castle had a military role, it was also a residence for the ducal court.

[184] The city's remaining port terminal still handles wood, sugar, fertiliser, metals, sand and cereals, ten percent of the total Nantes–Saint-Nazaire harbour traffic (along the Loire estuary). [251] A new Aéroport du Grand Ouest in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Nantes, was projected from the 1970s, to create a hub serving north-western France. [134][135][136], Debate continues about Nantes' place in Brittany, with polls indicating a large majority in Loire-Atlantique and throughout the historic province favouring Breton reunification. The climate in Nantes is suitable for growing a variety of plants, from temperate vegetables to exotic trees and flowers imported during the colonial era.

[25] The area exported tin, mined in Abbaretz and Piriac, as far as Ireland. They include the Chamber of Accounts of Brittany (now the préfecture, 1763–1783); the Graslin Theatre (1788); Place Foch, with its column and statue of Louis XVI (1790), and the stock exchange (1790–1815).

[182], In 2014, 74.6 percent of the city's businesses were involved in trade, transport and services; 16.2 percent in administration, education and health; 5.4 percent in construction, and 3.7 percent in industry. [8] Nantes has been praised for its quality of life, and it received the European Green Capital Award in 2013. They had embraced the Industrial Revolution, thanks to Parisian investments; Nantes lagged behind, struggling to find profitable activities. The city developed a rich cultural life, advertising itself as a creative place near the ocean. The potential construction site was long occupied and the project became a political topic on the national scale. [226], A path along the Loire river banks, between the Anne-de-Bretagne Bridge and the Victor-Schoelcher footbridge begins the Nantes slavery memorial.