Loire-Atlantique department

Loire-Atlantique
region	Pays de la Loire
prefecture	Nantes
Sub-prefecture (s)	Ancenis Châteaubriant Saint-Nazaire
Residents	1,394,909 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	203 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,885.71 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	17th
Cantons	31
Communities	207
President of the Department Council	Philippe Grosvalet
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-44
Location of the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire

The Loire-Atlantique department  [ lwaʀatlɑtik ] ( Breton : Liger-Atlantel ) is the French department with the atomic number 44. It is in the northwest of the country in the Region Pays de la Loire .

geography

Neighboring departments are Morbihan , Ille-et-Vilaine , Mayenne , Maine-et-Loire and the Vendée .

The most important river is the Loire , which flows into the Atlantic in the Saint-Nazaire department .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the department was created by the French heraldist Robert Louis , it was officially in use until the 1950s.

The Conseil départemental , the representation of the département, does not recognize this coat of arms.

Description: silver six rows black seeded ermine of a blue wave beams covered.

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790.

Loire-Atlantique belongs to historical Brittany , but not to the modern administrative region of the same name, as historical affiliation was not taken into account when the French regions were created in 1982. The majority of the residents are in favor of reintegration in Brittany.

From 1790 to 1957 the department was called “Loire-inférieure”, then it was renamed because “inférieure” ('under') has a negative connotation.

It has belonged to the Pays de la Loire region since 1960 .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Loire-Atlantique department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Nantes	309.346	Nantes
Saint-Nazaire	69.993	Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Herblain	46,268	Nantes
Rezé	41,411	Nantes
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	26,838	Nantes
Orvault	26,355	Nantes
Vertou	24,219	Nantes
Couëron	21,372	Nantes
Carquefou	19,805	Nantes
Bouguenais	19,331	Nantes

Another important place is Châteaubriant , the administrative seat of the arrondissement of the same name.

Administrative division

The Loire-Atlantique department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 31 cantons and 207 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Loire-Atlantique department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Châteaubriant-Ancenis	7th	76	224.376	3,157.63	71	445
Nantes	21st	76	840.239	1,958.73	429	442
Saint-Nazaire	9	55	330.294	1,769.35	187	443
Loire-Atlantique department	31	207	1,394,909	6,885.71	203	44

See also:

• List of communes in the Loire-Atlantique department
• List of cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Loire-Atlantique department

climate

Measuring stations: Île de Groix and Belle-Île (Since the Loire-Atlantique department does not have its own measuring station, the data from the neighboring Morbihan department was given.)

maritime climate data	J	F.	M.	A.	M.	J	J	A.	S.	O	N	D.
mean maximum temperature	9	9	11	13	16	19th	21st	21st	19th	16	12	10
mean low temperature	5	5	6th	7th	10	13	14th	15th	14th	11	8th	6th
Number of very sunny days	2	3	4th	5	4th	5	6th	4th	4th	3	1	2
Number of days with an overcast sky	17th	13	13	10	9	8th	7th	7th	9	12	15th	17th
Number of rainy days	13	11	10	8th	9	6th	5	7th	9	10	13	13
Rainfall in mm	75	65	57	40	45	30th	32	45	62	68	80	80
Water temperature near the coast	9	9	10	12	13	16	18th	19th	18th	16	14th	11

Days per year with

• Rainfalls over 1 mm: 115
• Frost: 10
  • First frost: late December
  • Last frost: late February
• Snow: 1
• Thunderstorm: 4
• Hail: 2

As of 1991

Web links

Commons : Loire-Atlantique department  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Loire-Atlantique (French)
• Prefecture of the Loire-Atlantique department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ loire-atlantique.fr accessed on April 26, 2015.
2. ↑ Climate data from: Jean-Noël Darde: Plages et côtes de France. Éditions Balland, Paris 1991.

Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′  N , 1 ° 34 ′  W