Nantes
city in Loire-Atlantique, France
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.
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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 | ||||||
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Location of Nantes  | ||||||
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| Coordinates: 47°13′05″N 1°33′10″W / 47.2181°N 1.5528°WCoordinates: 47°13′05″N 1°33′10″W / 47.2181°N 1.5528°W | ||||||
| Country | France | |||||
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |||||
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |||||
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |||||
| Canton | 7 cantons | |||||
| Intercommunality | Nantes 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 | |||||
| • Rank | 6th in France | |||||
| • Density | 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi) | |||||
| • Urban (2013) | 612,782 | |||||
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) | |||||
| • Metro (2013) | 908,815 | |||||
| • Metro density | 280/km2 (710/sq mi) | |||||
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |||||
| INSEE/Postal code | 44109 /44000, 44100, 44200 and 44300 | |||||
| Dialling codes | 02 | |||||
| Website | nantes.fr | |||||
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||||||
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Nantes has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
EducationEdit
Twin townsEdit
Nantes has town twinning and cooperation agreements with:
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Friendship relationsEdit
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.
GalleryEdit
Port 
Another view of the cathedral 
Feydeau island 
La Marie Séraphique, a slave ship that traveled from Nantes
Other websitesEdit
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nantes. |
- ↑ 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.