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Pays de la Loire

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Pays de la Loire is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, on the country's Atlantic coast, established in the 1950s as a sphere of influence for its capital city, Nantes. It has a population of 3,907,156 as of 2023 across an area of about 32,082 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Nantes 1
Population
3,907,156 1
2023 figure from Pays de la Loire's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Area (sq km)
32,082 1
Admission Year
1960 2
Latitude
47.4175 degrees north 1
Longitude
0.855 degrees west 1
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France, Countries

Pays de la Loire is a region of France.

Source Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)
Nantes, Cities

nantes is associated with pays-de-la-loire.

Source Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Nantes, Cities

nantes is the capital of pays-de-la-loire.

Source Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]; Breton: Broioù al Liger, lit. 'Lands of the Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre).
  • Infobox, capital
    Nantes
  • Infobox, population
    3,907,156 (2023)
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    32082
  • Part Of: France, Lead paragraph
    of the Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France,
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2. Wikidata: Pays de la Loire
Wikidata Q16994, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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