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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. It had a population of 1,429,272 in 2019.
La Loire-Atlantique ( /lwa.ʁ‿at.lɑ̃.tik/ Note 1) est un département français, situé dans la région Pays de la Loire. Elle doit son nom à la présence de la Loire, important fleuve qui la traverse, et de l' océan Atlantique, qui borde sa côte, à l'ouest, où l'embouchure de la Loire forme un estuaire .
- 4 mars 1790
- France
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Loire Atlantique is one of the first 83 departments of France created in 1790. It used to be called Loire-Inférieure. It got its new name in 1957. The department was part of Brittany until 1941 when the Vichy Governement separated it. Many people still think it is Brittany's capital.
Loire-Atlantique tourism. The Loire-Atlantique department is situated in north-west France, with the Atlantic coast to the south-west and along the lower reaches of the Loire River, which divides the department in two as it travels from Nantes to Saint-Nazaire. It is part of the Pays-de-la-Loire region of France, to the south of Brittany.
Other articles where Loire-Atlantique is discussed: Pays de la Loire: Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, and Loire-Atlantique. Pays de la Loire is bounded by the régions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to the northwest, Normandy to the north, Centre to the east, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the south. The Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic Ocean lies to the west. The capital is Nantes.
La Loire-Atlantique est un département français, situé dans la région Pays de la Loire. Elle doit son nom à la présence de la Loire, important fleuve qui la traverse, et de l'océan Atlantique, qui borde sa côte, à l'ouest, où l'embouchure de la Loire forme un estuaire.
