Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique | |
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_-_Nantes.jpg) Prefectur biggin o the Loire-Atlantique depairtment, in Nantes | |
 Coat airms | |
 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.