Loire-Atlantique
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Loire-Atlantique | |
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![]() Prefectur biggin o the Loire-Atlantique depairtment, in Nantes | |
![]() Location o Loire-Atlantique in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 47°20′N 1°40′E / 47.333°N 1.667°ECoordinates: 47°20′N 1°40′E / 47.333°N 1.667°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Pays-de-la-Loire |
Prefectur | Nantes |
Subprefecturs | Ancenis Châteaubriant Saint-Nazaire |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Patrick Mareschal (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 6815 km2 (2,631 sq mi) |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 1,268,173 |
• Rank | 12t |
• Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment nummer | 44 |
Arrondissements | 4 |
Cantons | 59 |
Communes | 221 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Loire-Atlantique (French pronunciation: [lwa.ʁat.lɑ̃.tik]; umwhile Loire-Inférieure) is a depairtment on the wast coast o Fraunce named efter the Loire River an the Atlantic Ocean.