Loire-Atlantique department
Loire-Atlantique | |
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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 :
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
- Loire-Atlantique (French)
- Prefecture of the Loire-Atlantique department (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ loire-atlantique.fr accessed on April 26, 2015.
- ↑ Climate data from: Jean-Noël Darde: Plages et côtes de France. Éditions Balland, Paris 1991.
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′ N , 1 ° 34 ′ W