Place:Loire-Atlantique, France

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NameLoire-Atlantique
Alt namesLoire-Inférieursource: Family History Library Catalog
Loire-Inférieuresource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VII, 450
TypeDépartement
Coordinates47.25°N 1.833°W
Located inFrance     (1790 - )
Also located inPays-de-la-Loire, France    
Contained Places
Commune
Ancenis
Bouguenais
Châteaubriant
Donges
La Baule-Escoublac
Saint-Nazaire
Sucé-sur-Erdre
General region
Retz
Inhabited place
Blain
Bouaye
Bourgneuf-en-Retz
Carquefou
Clisson
Croisic
Derval
Guérande
Gétigné
Herbignac
La Chapelle-Launay
La Grenouillère
Le Pellerin
Machecoul
Moisdon
Nantes
Nort-sur-Erdre
Nozay
Paimbœuf
Pont-Château
Pornic
Rezé
Rougé
Saint-Herblain
Saint-Philibert-de-Grand-Lieu
Savenay
Vallet
Varades
Vertou
Unknown
Le Croisic
Le Ponthus
Mésanger
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire
St-Luce-sur-Loire
Sucé
Trans-sur-Erdre
Vieillevigne
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Loire-Atlantique (; formerly Loire-Inférieure) is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.

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History

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Loire-Atlantique is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally, it was named Loire-Inférieure, but its name was changed in 1957 to Loire-Atlantique.

The area is part of the historical Duchy of Brittany, and contains what many people still consider to be Brittany's capital, Nantes. However, when the system of French Regions was created, the department was excluded from the Region of Brittany and included in the newly-created Pays de la Loire Region. There is a campaign to have it reintegrated into Brittany.

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