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Loire-Atlantique
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Coordinates: 47°20′N 1°40′W / 47.333°N 1.667°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Prefecture | Nantes |
Subprefectures | Châteaubriant Saint-Nazaire |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Michel Menard[1] (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 6,881 km2 (2,657 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 1,457,806 |
• Rank | 9th |
• Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 44 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 31 |
Communes | 207 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Loire-Atlantique (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ atlɑ̃tik]; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; Breton: Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure,[3] Breton: Liger-Izelañ) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 1,429,272 in 2019.[4]
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