Nantes

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] Before 1941, Nantes was part of Brittany. The Gallo and Breton languages are spoken in the city. Jules Verne was a famous writer from Nantes.

Nantes
Prefecture and commune
Top to bottom, left to right: the Loire in central Nantes; the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany; the Pommeraye Arcade, and the Isle of Nantes between the branches of the Loire
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Latin: Favet Neptunus eunti
(Neptune favours the traveller)
Location of Nantes
Nantes
Nantes
Coordinates: 47°13′05″N 1°33′10″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
Canton7 cantons
IntercommunalityNantes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Johanna Rolland (PS)
Area
1
65.19 km2 (25.17 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2008)
537.70 km2 (207.61 sq mi)
 • Metro
 (2013)
3,302 km2 (1,275 sq mi)
Population
 (2016 census)
298,029
 • Rank6th in France
 • Density4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2013)
612,782
 • Urban density1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
 (2013)
908,815
 • Metro density280/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44109 /44000, 44100, 44200 and 44300
Dialling codes02
Websitenantes.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nantes has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).

Education

Twin towns

Nantes has town twinning and cooperation agreements with:

  • Cluj-Napoca, Romania, since 1991.
  • Rufisque, Senegal, since 1992.
  • Agadir, Morocco, since 1993.
  • Niigata, Japan, since 1999.
  • Cochabamba, Bolivia, since 1999.
  • Dschang, Cameroon, since 2002.
  • Recife, Brazil, since 2003.
  • Durban, South Africa, since 2004.
  • Qingdao, China, since 2005.
  • Suncheon, South Korea, since 2007.

Friendship relations

The city has friendship relations with:

  • Guinea, since 1992.
  • St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S., since 1993.
  • Jericho, West Bank, since 2001.
  • Desdunes and Petionville, Haiti, since 2005.
  • Nantes, Quebec, Canada, since 2009.

References
  1. Tibbles, Anthony (2000). "Ports of the Transatlantic slave trade". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 2020-11-08. Again in France we can come up with a list of nearly 20 ports which were involved with the trade at some point but there were four principal slaving ports: Nantes, Bordeaux, La Rochelle and Le Havre. Over the period, Nantes sent 45% of all the ships in the French trade the other three sending 11% of the trade each and the rest shared between the other ports.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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