Carte de Nantes région image

Carte de Nantes région image

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Nantes (Breton: Naoned, Gallo: Naunnt) is a burghal in western France, amid on the Loire River, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast.

Nantes is the basic burghal of the Pays de la Loire arena and Loire-Atlantique département. It is additionally the above burghal of the celebrated arena of Brittany, and culturally charcoal acerb articular with it.

In 2004, the Time annual declared Nantes as "the best liveable burghal in Europe". The burghal is additionally home to the Audencia Nantes School of Management, broadly well-ranked according to the FT rankings. In 2010, Nantes was called a Hub burghal for addition in the Addition Cities Index by addition agency, 2thinknow. The burghal was ranked 36th globally from 289 cities and 4th all-embracing in France, abaft Paris, Lyon and Strasbourg for addition beyond assorted sectors of the economy.

Nantes is amid on the banks of the Loire River, at the assemblage of the Erdre and the Sèvre Nantaise, 55 km (35 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean. The burghal was congenital in a abode area abounding branches of the Loire river created several islands, but best of those branches were abounding in at the alpha of the 20th aeon (and the assemblage with the Erdre river absent and covered) due to the accretion car traffic.