[176] Nantes has over 25,000 businesses with 167,000 jobs,[177] and its metropolitan area has 42,000 firms and 328,000 jobs. 259 en parlent. Since its formation in 1943, the club has won eight Championnat titles and three Coupes de France. The coronet was replaced by a mural crown during the 18th century, and during the revolution a new emblem with a statue of Liberty replaced the coat of arms. The news agency Médias Côte Ouest publishes Wik and Kostar, two free magazines dedicated to local cultural life. The new region was called Pays de la Loire ("Loire Countries") although it does not include most of the Loire Valley. [228] In Nadja (1928), André Breton called Nantes "perhaps with Paris the only city in France where I have the impression that something worthwhile may happen to me". The city is administered by a mayor and a council, elected every six years. The former LU biscuit factory, facing the castle, has been converted into Le Lieu unique. [10], Nantes is named after a tribe of Gaul, the Namnetes, who established a settlement between the end of the second century and the beginning of the first century BC on the north bank of the Loire near its confluence with the Erdre. [23] The city is commonly known as la Cité des Ducs "the City of the Dukes [of Brittany]" for its castle and former role as a ducal residence. [185] The Atlanpole technopole, in northern Nantes on its border with Carquefou, intends to develop technological and science sectors throughout the Pays de la Loire. Under Ayrault's administration, Nantes used its quality of life to attract service firms. With 620,000 visitors in 2015, the Machines were the most-visited non-free site in Loire-Atlantique. [189] Most of the old buildings were made of tuffeau stone (a light, easily sculpted sandstone typical of the Loire Valley) and cheaper schist. Spécialiste du déstockage dans l'univers de l'aménagement de plein air. Le nouveau visage du centre Atlantis", "Notre-Dame-des-Landes : une idéologie radicale derrière la ZAD", "Plan local d'urbanisme - 2. [159] Nantes reached the 100,000 mark about 1850, and 130,000 around 1900. Détails du bien. Discord marked the first decades of Breton rule in Nantes as Breton lords fought among themselves, making the city vulnerable to Viking incursions. Under Charlemagne in the eighth century the town was the capital of the Breton March, a buffer zone protecting the Carolingian Empire from Breton invasion. The assembly was controlled by wealthy merchants and the Lord Lieutenant. [126], Local authorities began using official symbols in the 14th century, when the provost commissioned a seal on which the Duke of Brittany stood on a boat and protected Nantes with his sword. [248] Local TER trains serve Pornic, Cholet or Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. However, immigration has always been lower in Nantes than in other large French cities. In 1908 it annexed the neighbouring communes of Doulon and Chantenay, gaining almost 30,000 inhabitants. Vous maitrisez le BIM. It disappeared during the revolution, and the city adopted its current motto—"Favet Neptunus eunti" ("Neptune favours the traveller")[127]—in 1816. A municipal belfry clock (originally on a tower of Bouffay Castle, a prison demolished after the French Revolution) was added to the church in 1860. The path is covered in 2,000 spaced glass inserts, with 1,710 of them commemorating the names of slave ships and their port dates in Nantes. One of the world's first horsebus transit systems was developed in the city in 1826. Le feu embrase aussi l'Ouest - Mai 68 en Bretagne", "Nantes Durban Sister City Agreement. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 12 min, while 16.8% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The Ouest-France group is also a shareholder of the French edition of 20 Minutes, one of two free newspapers distributed in the city. The administrative region of Brittany did not exist during the 19th and early 20th centuries, although its cultural heritage remained. [94][95][96], The city is at the confluence of two tributaries. [257], Nantes has also developed a tram-train system, the Nantes tram-train, which would allow suburban trains to run on tram lines; the system already exists in Mulhouse (in eastern France) and Karlsruhe, Germany. [71], When the land reclamation was almost complete, Nantes was shaken by the air raids of the Second World War. [255] The city has an extensive public-transport network consisting of trams, buses and river shuttles. Ouest-France, based in Rennes, covers north-western France and is the country's best-selling newspaper. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. The Montforts, seeking emancipation from the suzerainty of the French kings, reinforced Breton institutions. The Coeur De Loire is located in Nantes, 1.1 mi from the Chateau Des Ducs De Bretagne. [32] The wall in Nantes, enclosing 16 hectares (40 acres), was one of the largest in Gaul. Office de Tourisme de Nantes: Lots of help and advice - See 385 traveler reviews, 25 candid photos, and great deals for Nantes, France, at Tripadvisor. Vous avez déjà fait de la coordination architecturale sur des grands projets de bâtiments. At the end of the hall, toward the exit, is a room with the timeline of slavery as it became abolished in various countries around the world. Nantes' first mosque was built in 1976, with three more built in 2010–2012. The service given needing extra support in the bathroom and being able to arrive around midnight! The LGV Atlantique high-speed railway reaches Paris in two hours, ten minutes (compared with four hours by car). Dans la zone industrielle de Carquefou, à proximité de Nantes (à environ vingt minutes), l'enseigne Au Fil des Lots s'est baptisée comme « le spécialiste du destockage ouvert aux particuliers ». The Bicloo bicycle-sharing system has 880 bicycles at 103 stations. Best known is FC Nantes, which is a member of Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season. [235] Local vegetables and fish are widely available in the city's eighteen markets, including the Talensac covered market (Nantes' largest and best-known). Virgin Radio has a local outlet in nearby Basse-Goulaine, and Chérie FM and NRJ have outlets in Rezé. Land, sea, sweet, savoury. Much of the old town and all of the Isle of Nantes consist of backfill. Bordeaux, the other major metropolis of western France, is 274 kilometres (170 miles) south. [181] Tourism is a growing sector and Nantes, with two million visitors annually, is France's seventh-most-visited city. The Erdre flows into the Loire from its north bank, and the Sèvre Nantaise flows into the Loire from its south bank. [129] Nantes and Rennes are in Upper Brittany (the Romance-speaking part of the region), and Lower Brittany in the west is traditionally Breton-speaking and more Celtic in culture. Opened in 1900, it has an extensive collection ranging from Italian Renaissance paintings to contemporary sculpture. [114] Once areas of poverty, they are experiencing regeneration since the 2000s. Trouvez des promotions à Nantes. The first council was elected in 1565 with Nantes' first mayor, Geoffroy Drouet. [111], The medieval core has narrow streets and a mixture of half-timbered buildings, more recent sandstone buildings, post-World War II reconstruction and modern redevelopment. [162], Nantes is historically a Catholic city, with a cathedral, two minor basilicas, about 40 churches and around 20 chapels. [5] In Breton, Nantes is known as Naoned or an Naoned,[21] the latter of which is less common and reflects the more-frequent use of articles in Breton toponyms than in French ones. [53] Food processing predominated during the Industrial Age, with sugar refineries (Beghin-Say), biscuit factories (LU and BN), canned fish (Saupiquet and Tipiak) and processed vegetables (Bonduelle and Cassegrain); these brands still dominate the French market. [157] Young couples with children tend to move outside the city because of high property prices, and most newcomers are students (37 percent) and adults moving for professional reasons (49 percent). Find Houses for sale in Nantes, Pays de la Loire. The eastern extension (behind Nantes Cathedral) was traditionally inhabited by the aristocracy, and the larger western extension along the Loire was built for the bourgeoisie. [166] The city had several hundred Muslim inhabitants during the 1950s, but (as in the rest of France) their number increased in the second half of the 20th century with the arrival of large numbers of Africans and Turks. The men's Nantes Erdre Futsal [fr] futsal team plays in the Championnat de France de Futsal, and the main athletics team (Nantes Métropole Athlétisme) includes some of France's best athletes. On 29 June 1793, 30,000 Royalist troops from Vendée attacked the city on their way to Normandy (where they hoped to receive British support). In handball, volleyball and basketball, Nantes' men's and women's clubs play in the French first division: HBC Nantes and Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball (handball), Nantes Rezé Métropole Volley [fr] and Volley-Ball Nantes [fr] (volleyball) and Hermine de Nantes Atlantique and Nantes Rezé Basket [fr] (basketball). The Erdre includes Versailles Island, which became a Japanese garden during the 1980s. The local dialect in Nantes is Gallo, spoken by some in Upper Brittany. Neither realestate.com.au nor its affiliates guarantee that the conversion reflects current conversion rates and are not responsible for any inaccuracies. Ratiatum, founded under Augustus, developed more quickly than Nantes and was a major port in the region. Spécialiste du foncier et des techniques d’infrastructures, TERRAIN SERVICE, lotisseur à Nantes en Loire-Atlantique (44) et en Ille-et-Vilaine (35), est un professionnel de l’aménagement et de la vente de terrains à bâtir qui réalise de nouveaux quartiers d’habitation, et commercialise des lots “prêt à construire”. It is built in the covered buildings of the former shipyards that were at one time used for ship construction. Nantes was at the point where the river current and the tides cancelled each other out, resulting in siltation and the formation of the original islands. [159] In 1800 it was the sixth-largest French city, behind Paris (550,000), Lyon, Marseilles, Bordeaux and Rouen (all 80,000 to 109,000). At that time, the city attempted to attract service firms. [191] The Saint-Étienne chapel, in the Saint-Donatien cemetery outside the city centre, dates to 510 and was originally part of a Roman necropolis. [211] Since its opening in 2006, Placebo, Supertramp, Snoop Dogg and Bob Dylan have performed on its stage. The cathedral's tomb of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and his wife is an example of French Renaissance sculpture. It has a large collection of exotic plants, including a 200-year-old Magnolia grandiflora and the national collection of camellia. [19] Nantes' name continued to evolve, becoming Nanetiæ and Namnetis during the fifth century and Nantes after the sixth, via syncope (suppression of the middle syllable). The city is mentioned in about 50 folk songs, making it the most-sung-about city in France after Paris. Toutes les informations sur Noz L'as Des Lots à Nantes 44000: Horaires, téléphone, tarifs et avis des internautes. The city was captured by Nazi Germany on 18 June 1940, during the Battle of France. [44] From 1707 to 1793, Nantes was responsible for 42 percent of the French slave trade; its merchants sold about 450,000 African slaves in the West Indies. [226], A path along the Loire river banks, between the Anne-de-Bretagne Bridge and the Victor-Schoelcher footbridge begins the Nantes slavery memorial. [67] By the mid-19th century, Le Havre and Marseille were the two main French ports; the former traded with America and the latter with Asia. Between 12,000 and 13,000 people (including women and children) were arrested, and 8,000 to 11,000 died of typhus or were executed by the guillotine, shooting or drowning. [262], Nantes is the headquarters of France 3 Pays de la Loire, one of 24 local stations of the France Télévisions national public broadcaster. The museum includes works by Tintoretto, Brueghel, Rubens, Georges de La Tour, Ingres, Monet, Picasso, Kandinsky and Anish Kapoor. [75], The postwar years were a period of strikes and protests in Nantes. [261], National radio stations FIP and Fun Radio have outlets in Nantes. Référence: 470PG. [56] Nantes and its surrounding area were the main producers of French printed cotton fabric during the 18th century,[57] and the Netherlands was the city's largest client for exotic goods. The path and surrounding 1.73-acre park lead to the under-the-docks part of the memorial which opens with a staircase, leading visitors underground closer to the water level of the river, which can be seen through the gaps between the support pillars. [235], Beurre blanc is Nantes' most-famous local specialty. Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port, near the Loire, is an example of 19th-century neoclassicism. [35][30], Like much of the region, Nantes was part of the Roman Empire during the early Middle Ages. In 1961 the university was finally recreated, but Nantes has not established itself as a large university city. [171], Nantes experienced deindustrialisation after port activity in Saint-Nazaire largely ceased, culminating in the 1987 closure of the shipyards. [44], Outlawed by the French Revolution, the slave trade re-established itself as Nantes' major source of income in the first decades of the 19th century. On 18 July 1789, locals seized the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany in an imitation of the storming of the Bastille. [188] The city has 127 buildings listed as monuments historiques, the 19th-ranked French city. [157] The poorest council estates had unemployment rates of 22 to 47 percent. Other popular folk songs include "Le pont de Nantes" (recorded by Guy Béart in 1967 and Nana Mouskouri in 1978), "Jean-François de Nantes" (a sea shanty) and the bawdy "De Nantes à Montaigu". In 1900, the city's two main industries were food processing and shipbuilding. Although it lacked amenities such as a theatre or an amphitheatre, the city had sewers, public baths and a temple dedicated to Mars Mullo. In Gallo, the oïl language traditionally spoken in the region around Nantes, the city is spelled Naunnt or Nantt and pronounced identically to French, although northern speakers use a long [ɑ̃]. [60] From October 1793 to February 1794, deputy Jean-Baptiste Carrier presided over a revolutionary tribunal notorious for cruelty and ruthlessness. [111], Nantes has 100 public parks, gardens and squares covering 218 hectares (540 acres). [179] The shopping centres threaten independent shops in central Nantes, but it remains the region's largest retail area [180] with about 2,000 shops. The city has one synagogue, built in 1852. [130][131], In the mid-20th century, several French governments considered creating a new level of local government by combining départements into larger regions. [236] Nantes has a wine-growing region, the Vignoble nantais, primarily south of the Loire. The canal, completed in 1892, was abandoned in 1910 because of the efficient dredging of the Loire between 1903 and 1914. It is the third-highest-ranking city in France, after Paris and Lyon. [201], Industrial architecture includes several factories converted into leisure and business space, primarily on the Isle of Nantes. The main attacks occurred on 16 and 23 September 1943, when most of Nantes' industrial facilities and portions of the city centre and its surrounding area were destroyed by American bombs. [116] The oldest is the Jardin des Plantes, a botanical garden created in 1807. [50], Coastal navigation and the export of locally produced goods (salt, wine and fabrics) dominated the local economy around 1600. The original one-day festival now lasts for five days. The council has 65 councillors. Welcome to Nantes! [45][46] The reign of Francis II saw many improvements to a city in dire need of repair after the wars of succession and a series of storms and fires between 1387 and 1415. Items include paintings, sculptures, photographs, maps and furniture displayed to illustrate major points of Nantes history such as the Atlantic slave trade, industrialisation and the Second World War. Philippe Pétain created a new Brittany without Nantes in 1941, but his region disappeared after the liberation. Most were rebuilt in Gothic Revival style, including the city's two basilicas: Saint-Nicolas and Saint-Donatien. Single-person households are 51.9 percent of the total, and 16.8 percent of households are families with children. [40] During the 14th century, Brittany experienced a war of succession which ended with the accession of the House of Montfort to the ducal throne. Nantes is the préfecture (capital city) of the Loire-Atlantique département and the Pays de la Loire région. French-language songs include "Nantes" by Barbara (1964) and "Nantes" by Renan Luce (2009). [123], Like most French municipalities, Nantes is part of an intercommunal structure which combines the city with 24 smaller, neighbouring communes. The most spectacular Viking attack in Nantes occurred in 843, when Viking warriors killed the bishop but did not settle in the city at that time. Land for Sale in Nantes, Pays de la Loire. That year, 43.3 percent of the population over 15 had a higher-education degree and 22.3 percent had no diploma. [98] The end of the ridge, the Butte Sainte-Anne, is a natural landmark 38 metres (125 feet) above sea level; its foothills are at an elevation of 15 metres (49 feet). ... Stade de Reims 18 ... Pochettino has a lot of work to do at PSG. Other African countries accounted for 24.9 percent, the European Union 15.6 percent, the rest of Europe 4.8 percent and Turkey 4.3 percent. Nantes is where one of these ridges, the Sillon de Bretagne, meets the Loire. Trade-derived wealth permitted the construction of many public monuments during the 18th century, most designed by the neoclassical architects Jean-Baptiste Ceineray and Mathurin Crucy. Recent architecture is dominated by postwar concrete reconstructions, modernist buildings and examples of contemporary architecture such as the courts of justice, designed by Jean Nouvel in 2000. [225] The Three Continents Festival is an annual film festival dedicated to Asia, Africa and South America, with a Mongolfière d'or (Golden Hot-air Balloon) awarded to the best film. 2005", "Nantes et les relations internationales", "Nantes signe la charte Ya d'ar brezhoneg", "Nantes. Its population is projected to reach one million by 2030, based on the fertility rate. The city centre has a medieval core (corresponding to the former walled town) and 18th-century extensions running west and east. These quotes come from across the globe, from all four continents affected by the slave trade, and span over five centuries, from the 17th to the 21st. [239] The university is part of the EPSCP Bretagne-Loire Université, which joins seven universities in western France to improve the region's academic and research potential. Deindustrialisation in the second half of the 20th century spurred the city to adopt a service economy. [190], Nantes has a few structures dating to antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Finally, in April 1723 Foucquet was allowed to leave for Rome with his library which arrived there early in November. Although Nantes was the primary residence of the 15th-century dukes of Brittany, Rennes became the provincial capital after the 1532 union of Brittany and France. [250] Air traffic has increased from 2.6 million passengers in 2009 to 4.1 million in 2014, while its capacity has been estimated at 3.5 million passengers per year. There is also a Nantes History Museum, but I didn’t have a chance to visit it. Neither is yet connected to the existing tram network, and resemble small suburban trains more than tram-trains. [159] In 1500, the city had a population of around 14,000. It has a historical centre with old monuments, administrative buildings and small shops, surrounded by 19th-century faubourgs surrounded by newer suburban houses and public housing.