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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Nantes
|native name            = ''Naoned''
|image                  = Place-royale nantes.jpg
|caption = ''Place Royale''
|image flag             = Nantes.svg
|image flag size        = 100px
|image coat of arms     = Blason Nantes.svg
|image coat of arms size= 75px
|flag legend            = Tradeetional banner
|coat of arms legend    = Coat o airms
|city motto             = {{Lang-la|Favet Neptunus eunti}}<br/>("[[Neptune (meethology)|Neptune]] favours the traveller")
|coordinates            = {{coord|47.2181|-1.5528|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|time zone              = CET <small>(GMT +1)</small>
|region                 = [[Pays-de-la-Loire]]
|department             = [[Loire-Atlantique]]
|arrondissement         = Nantes
|canton                 = Chief ceety o 11 cantons
|intercommunality       = [[Urban Community o Nantes Métropole|Nantes Métropole]]
|mayor                  = Patrick Rimbert
|party                  = [[Socialist Pairty (Fraunce)|PS]]
|term                   = 2012–
|area km2               = 65.19
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|population ranking     = [[Leet o communes in Fraunce wi oeer 20,000 indwallers (2006 census)|6t in Fraunce]]
|urban area km2         = 524.6
|urban area date        = 2008
|urban pop              = 580,502
|urban pop date         = 2007
|metro area km2         = 2,242.6
|metro area date        = 1999
|metro area pop         = 873,133
|metro area pop date    = 2010
|intercom               = [[Urban Community o Nantes Métropole|Urban Community<br/>o Nantes]]
|INSEE                  = 44109
|postal code            = 44000, 44100, 44200 an 44300
|dialling code          = 02
|website                = [http://www.nantes.fr nantes.fr] {{Fr icon}}
}}
'''Nantes''' ({{IPA-fr|nɑ̃t}}; {{Lang-br|Naoned}}, {{IPA-br|ˈnãunət|}}; [[Gallo leid|Gallo]]: ''Naunnt'') is a ceety in [[Wast Fraunce]], locatit on the [[Loire River]], {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} frae the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast.<ref>[http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Nantes Nantes] [[Hutchinson Encyclopedia]]. Retrieved 14 August 2007.</ref> The ceety is the [[Leet o communes in Fraunce wi ower 20,000 indwallers (2006 census)|6t lairgest in Fraunce]], while its [[aire urbaine|metropolitan aurie]] ranks 6t wi nearly 900,000 indwallers.<ref>[http://www.populationdata.net/pays/europe/france-villes.php Population des villes de France au dernier recensement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516202720/http://www.populationdata.net/pays/europe/france-villes.php |date=2008-05-16 }} PopulationData.net. Retrieved 14 August 2007</ref>

==Internaitional relations==

===Twin touns – Sister ceeties===
Nantes is [[Twin touns an sister ceeties|twinned]] or haes sister ceety relations wi:
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|- valign="top"
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*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Cardiff]], Unitit Kinrick syne 1964<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|title=British towns twinned with French towns|accessdate = 2013-07-11|work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref><ref name="Cardiff twinning">{{cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?id=2940&d1=0 |title=Home page of Cardiff Council – Cardiff's twin cities |publisher=Cardiff Council |date=15 June 2010 |accessdate=10 August 2010 |archive-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609144903/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?id=2940&d1=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Saarbrücken]], Germany, syne 1965
*{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Tbilisi]], Georgie, syne 1979<ref name="Tbilisi Sister Cities">{{cite web|url=http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=4571|title=Tbilisi Sister Cities|accessdate=2013-08-05|work=[http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/ Tbilisi City Hall]|publisher=Tbilisi Municipal Portal|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724120155/http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=4571|archivedate=2013-07-24|url-status=dead}}{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724120155/http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=4571 |date=2013-07-24 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], USA, syne 1980
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Florida|FL]], USA, syne 1985
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*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Cluj-Napoca]], Romania, syne 1991
*{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Rufisque]], Senegal, syne 1992
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Agadir]], Morocco, syne 1993
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Cochabamba]], Bolivia, syne 1999
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]], Japan, syne 1999
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*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Dschang]], Cameroon, syne 2002
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Recife]], Brazil, syne 2003
*{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Durban]], Sooth Africae, syne 2004
*{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Qingdao]], Cheenae, syne 2005
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Suncheon, Jeonnam|Suncheon]], Sooth Korea, syne 2007
|}

;Pairtnerships
The ceety haes an aa biggit close ties wi:
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|- valign="top"
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*{{flagicon|GUI}} Guinea, syne 1992
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[St. Martinville, Louisiana]], USA, syne 1993
*{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Jericho]], Wast Bank, syne 2001
*{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Desdunes]] an [[Pétionville|Petionville]], Haiti, syne 2005
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Nantes, Quebec]], Canadae, syne 2009
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Nantes| ]]
[[Category:1st-century BC establishments]]
[[Category:Ceeties in Fraunce]]
[[Category:Communes o Loire-Atlantique]]
[[Category:Companions o the Liberation]]
[[Category:Port ceeties an touns on the French Atlantic coast]]
[[Category:Prefecturs in Fraunce]]
[[Category:Touns in Breetany]]