Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

City

Nantes

Western Europe

Nantes is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. 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
Population
327,734 1
Area (sq km)
65.19 2
Population Estimate Year
2023 2
Elevation (m)
18 1
Latitude
47.2181 degrees north 2
Longitude
1.5528 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Connections

Associated With

France, Countries
Source Nantes (Wikipedia)
Pays de la Loire, States or Territories

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

Source Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Pays de la Loire, States or Territories

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

Source Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Origin Of

James Tissot

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Jean Metzinger

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Sources
1. Nantes (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 18 m
View the Source
2. Nantes (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Nantes ([/nɒ̃t/], US also [/nɑːnt(s)/]; French: [nɑ̃t]) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast.
  • Lead section
    The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 327,734 in Nantes proper (2023) and a metropolitan area of 1,050,815 inhabitants (2023).
  • Infobox, Population year
    2023
  • Infobox: area km2
    65.19
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    47.2181, -1.5528
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    47.2181, -1.5528
  • Associated With: France, Infobox, Country
    france
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source
3. GeoNames: Nantes - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2990969
    47.21725 -1.55336 P PPLA FR 52 44 442 44109 325070 19 Europe/Paris
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 19 m
View the Source
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, -1.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, -1.75
47.25 -1.75 Cfb
View the Source
Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
Quote, Infobox, capital
Nantes
View the Source
Wikidata: Nantes
Wikidata Q12191, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.