Information about Nantes, France

Nantes is located at the confluence of the Aite and Loire rivers. In 58 BC, Nantes began to form as a commercial port. The urban population of Nantes was 245,000, plus 21 towns in the suburbs, with a total population of 500,000. The merged city of Nantes-Atlantique (including Nantes and Saint-Nazare), which is under preparation for merger, has 800,000 residents and 272,000 employees (the tertiary industry accounts for 55%); Nantes colleges and universities There are 45,500 students and 3,000 researchers; there are 7 major museums in the city: Museum of Fine Arts (the second largest painting museum in France after the Louvre), DOBRE Archaeological Museum, Natural History Museum, Folk Art Museum Museum, the Ducal Museum (including Folk Art, Decorative Arts, Maritime Museum) and the Jules Verne Museum.

The city of Nantes is the capital of the Loire-Atlantique department. There are 4,700 enterprises in the province, involving industries such as: aviation, shipbuilding, weapons, machinery manufacturing, electrical and electronic manufacturing, foundry, metal processing, plastic processing, energy, chemistry, wood industry, etc.; in addition to these industrial enterprises In addition, there are more than 100 high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises; there are more than 600 export companies in the province, more than 50 of which have branches abroad; in agriculture, they mainly operate vegetables, horticulture, and grape cultivation, and in animal husbandry , mainly producing beef, milk, pork and poultry.

The Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazar is the fourth largest port after Marseille, Le Havre and Dunkirk. It is equipped with the largest timber and animal feed loading and unloading terminal in France, as well as Dedicated terminal for oil and gas.

Nantes is an important financial place in western France, and the Nantes Exchange is the third largest exchange in France.

The Loire-Atlantique coast is 130 kilometers long and is one of the most beautiful beaches in Europe. The province is one of the 10 major tourist provinces in France, receiving 1.3 million tourists every year, of which 300,000 are foreign tourists. , with an annual tourism turnover of 3 billion francs.

The Nantes-Atlantique Airport is one of the busiest airports in France, transporting 1.15 million passengers in 1995.