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Although its stock exchange was merged with that of Paris in 1990, [169] Nantes is the third-largest financial centre in France after Paris and Lyon. [170] The Euronantes business district. The city has one of the best-performing economies in France, producing €55 billion annually; €29 billion returns to the local economy. [171]
Centre de loisirs du Petit Port (English: Petit Port Leisure Center), also marketed by the metonym Le Petit Port, is a sports complex in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France. It is part of the eponymous Petit Port sports and recreation district. [4] Opened in 1984, the building underwent two major restructurings in 2007–08 and 2017. [2]
It has a metropolitan population of about 400,000 and is the third biggest job provider in north-western France, just behind Nantes and Rennes. Saint-Nazaire is a major harbour town downstream from Nantes on the mouth of the Loire river. Le Mans is another city in Pays de la Loire. Situated in north-east Pays de la Loire, Le Mans area is home ...
Centre-Val de Loire [4] Centre-Val de Loire: 24 Orléans: Located in north-central France; straddles the middle of the Loire Valley: Champagne-Ardenne: Champagne-Ardenne: 21 Châlons-en-Champagne: Former province of Champagne: Corsica: Corse: 94 Ajaccio: Franche-Comté: Franche-Comté: Franc-Comtois: Fràntche-Comté Arpitan: Franche-Comtât ...
Aerial view of the île de Nantes The île de Nantes on the map of Nantes. The île de Nantes (French pronunciation: [il də nɑ̃t], Island of Nantes) is an island located in the centre of the city of Nantes, France, surrounded by two branches of the river Loire—the "bras de la Madeleine" (branch of the Madeleine) at the north and the "bras de Pirmil" (branch of Pirmil) at the south.
Nantes station (French: Gare de Nantes) is the principal passenger railway station serving the French city of Nantes. It is a through station aligned east–west, with entrances and station facilities on both north and south sides.
Saint-Herblain (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɛʁblɛ̃] ⓘ; Gallo: Saent-Erbelaen, Breton: Sant-Ervlan, pronounced [ˈsãnt ɛrvlãn]) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, administrative region of Pays de la Loire, France. [3] It is the largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and lies adjacent to its west side.
Nantes histoire de rues [Nantes street history] (in French). Les Sables d'Olonne: D'Orbestier. ISBN 978-2-84238-126-4. Pied, Édouard (1906). Notices sur les rues de Nantes (in French). A. Dugas. pp. 289– 290. Université de Nantes. Service formation continue dont université permanente (1984). Çà et là par les rues de Nantes (in French ...