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Nantes (/ n ɒ̃ t /, US also / n ɑː n t (s)/, French: ⓘ; Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt; Breton: Naoned) is a city in Loire-Atlantique of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast.
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Nantes (/ n ɑ̃ t / [Note 1] Écouter) est une commune de l'ouest de la France, située au sud du Massif armoricain, qui s'étend sur les rives de la Loire, à 50 km de l'océan Atlantique.
Football Club de Nantes (Breton: Naoned; Gallo: Naunnt), commonly referred to as FC Nantes (IPA: ⓘ), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one large club.
Nantes, city, Loire-Atlantique département, Pays de la Loire région, western France. Nantes is situated at the head of the estuary of the Loire River, where it is joined by the Erdre and the Sèvre rivers, 35 miles (56 km) from the sea and southwest of Paris.
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Nantes is a city in France, the prefecture of the Pays de la Loire region and the Loire-Atlantique department, on the Atlantic Ocean. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, it was the busiest slave trading port in France. [1]
Nantes (Breton: Naoned) is the capital of Pays de la Loire region in northwest France. Historically it was part of Brittany, whose dukes built up its castle and made the town their capital. It was also a major port on the Loire. Nowadays the economy of Nantes is driven by the service sector; in 2020 the population was 320,732.
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The île de Nantes (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.
