Place:Pays-de-la-Loire, France

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NamePays-de-la-Loire
Alt namesPays de la Loiresource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeRégion
Coordinates47.5°N 1.0°E
Located inFrance
Contained Places
Castle
Beaufort Castle
Département
Loire-Atlantique
Maine-et-Loire
Mayenne
Sarthe
Vendée
Former county
Anjou
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Pays de la Loire is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre)¹.

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