Nantes: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: Pays de la Loire
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 325,070
• Coordinates: 47.2172° N, 1.5534° W
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 342 km (213 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE): 8.3 km (5.2 mi), straight line
• Saint-Nazaire-Montoir Airport (SNR): 46 km (29 mi), straight line
• Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS): 96 km (59 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Reze: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire: 3.9 km (2.4 mi)
• Bouguenais: 6.8 km (4.2 mi)
• Saint-Herblain: 7.4 km (4.6 mi)
• Orvault: 8.0 km (5.0 mi)

Things to see

• Les Anneaux (artwork)
• Monument aux Cinquante Otages et à la Résistance (memorial)
• Printing Museum (museum)
• Site Gallo Romain Saint-Lupien (archaeological site)
• Statue de la Délivrance (memorial)