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Nantes

France · Pays de la Loire

Nantes is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 327,734 in Nantes proper (2023) and a metropolitan area of 1,050,815 inhabitants (2023). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations.

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Practical facts

Local time: UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region: Pays de la Loire
Main language: French
On the map: 47.22° N, 1.55° W

Near Nantes

Saint Nazaire · 50 km away
Angers · 81 km away
Rennes · 100 km away
Saumur · 111 km away
La Rochelle · 122 km away
Chinon · 136 km away

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