Loire-Atlantique department

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French department

Loire-Atlantique department is an administrative division in western France on the Atlantic coast, historically part of Brittany and known for its capital city, Nantes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Loire-Atlantique 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French department ⓘ
administrativeCentre Nantes ⓘ
surface form: Nantes metropolitan area
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Ille-et-Vilaine ⓘ
Maine-et-Loire ⓘ
Morbihan ⓘ
Vendée ⓘ
capital Nantes NERFINISHED ⓘ
coastlineFeature Bay of Biscay ⓘ
containsAirport Nantes Atlantique Airport ⓘ
containsCity Ancenis-Saint-Géréon ⓘ
Blain ⓘ
Bouguenais ⓘ
Carquefou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Châteaubriant ⓘ
Clisson ⓘ
Couëron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guérande ⓘ
La Baule-Escoublac ⓘ
Nantes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orvault ⓘ
Pontchâteau ⓘ
Pornic ⓘ
Redon ⓘ
Rezé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint-Herblain ⓘ
Saint-Nazaire ⓘ
Savenay ⓘ
Vallet ⓘ
Vertou ⓘ
containsPort Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire ⓘ
surface form: Port of Saint-Nazaire
containsRiverEstuary Loire estuary ⓘ
containsTouristArea Guérande salt marshes ⓘ
La Baule seaside resort ⓘ
country France ⓘ
created 1790 ⓘ
createdAs Loire-Atlantique ⓘ
surface form: Loire-Inférieure
departmentNumber 44 ⓘ
formerRegion Brittany ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Breton ⓘ
Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
surface form: Loire Valley
historicalRegion Brittany ⓘ
locatedIn Western France ⓘ
surface form: western France
locatedOn Atlantic coast ⓘ
prefecture Nantes NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Pays de la Loire NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamed Loire-Atlantique ⓘ
renamedIn 1957 ⓘ
traversedByRiver Loire NERFINISHED ⓘ
wineRegionPart Muscadet wines ⓘ
surface form: Muscadet

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pays de la Loire → containsDepartment → Loire-Atlantique department ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire-Atlantique
Nantes → isPrefectureOf → Loire-Atlantique department ⓘ
Nantes → locatedIn → Loire-Atlantique department ⓘ
Saint-Nazaire → locatedIn → Loire-Atlantique department ⓘ