Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire
Basic data
Country	France
prefecture	Nantes
President of the Regional Council	Bruno Retailleau ( LR )
population	3,757,600 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	116.8 inhabitants per km²
surface	32,179 km²
Departments	5
Arrondissements	16
Community associations	72
Cantons	192
Communities	1,238
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-PDL
Relief map of the Pays de la Loire region

The Pays de la Loire [ peidlaˈlwaːʀ ] (German " Land of the Loire") are a region in western France located at the mouth of the Loire . It consists of the departments of Loire-Atlantique , Maine-et-Loire , Mayenne , Sarthe and Vendée . The region has an area of ​​32,082 km² and a population of 3,757,600 (as of January 1, 2017). The capital of the region is Nantes , other important cities are Angers and Le Mans .

coat of arms

Description: The coat of arms is split and shows six rows of scattered golden lilies in the front in blue, surrounded by a red border with a silver lion in the upper corner and in the back in silver in the same type of ermine in black. The blue board is inside in a wave cut . Above everything is the red sign of the Vendée uprising .

history

The region consists of the historic landscapes of Maine , Anjou , Le Perche and Poitou as well as part of the former province of Brittany . It was created in 1955 with the establishment of the regions in France. In 1972 the region received the status of an établissement public under the direction of a regional prefect. The decentralization laws of 1982 gave the regions the status of collectivités territoriales ( territorial authorities ), which until then had only been enjoyed by the municipalities and the départements . In 1986 the regional councils were directly elected for the first time. Since then, the region's powers vis-à-vis the central government in Paris have been gradually expanded.

Cities

The most populous cities in the Pays de la Loire are:

city	Inhabitants (year)	Department
Nantes	309,346 (2017)	Loire-Atlantique
Angers	152,960 (2017)	Maine-et-Loire
Le Mans	142,946 (2017)	Sarthe
Saint-Nazaire	69,993 (2017)	Loire-Atlantique
Cholet	53,917 (2017)	Maine-et-Loire
La Roche-sur-Yon	54,372 (2017)	Vendée
Laval	49,728 (2017)	Mayenne
Saint-Herblain	46,268 (2017)	Loire-Atlantique
Rezé	41,411 (2017)	Loire-Atlantique
Saumur	26,734 (2017)	Maine-et-Loire

politics

Political structure

The Pays de la Loire region is divided into five departments :

OZ	= Ordinal number of the department	Arr.	= Number of arrondissements	According to	= Number of municipalities
W.	= Coat of arms of the department	Kant.	= Number of cantons
ISO	= ISO-3166-2 code	GV	= Number of municipal associations

OZ	W.	Department	prefecture	ISO	Arr.	GV	Kant.	According to	Residents January 1, 2017	Area (km²)	Density (inh / km²)
44		Loire-Atlantique	Nantes	FR-44	3	17th	31	207	1,394,909	6,886	203
49		Maine-et-Loire	Angers	FR-49	4th	10	21st	177	813.493	7.193	113
53		Mayenne	Laval	FR-53	3	11	17th	242	307,445	5,174	59
72		Sarthe	Le Mans	FR-72	3	17th	21st	354	566.506	6.206	91
85		Vendée	La Roche-sur-Yon	FR-85	3	19th	17th	258	675.247	6,720	100
total					16	72	107	1,238	3,757,600	32,179	117

Arrondissements in the Pays de la Loire region

Cantons in the Pays de la Loire region

Associations of municipalities in the Pays de la Loire region

Regional council

Result of the election of the regional council on December 13, 2015:

• List Bruno Retailleau (Union de la Droite from LR , UDI and MoDem ): 42.70% = 620,224 votes, 54 seats
• List Christophe Clergeau (Union de la Gauche from PS , PRG , EELV and FG ): 37.56% = 545,574 votes, 26 seats
• List Pascal Gannat ( FN ): 19.74% = 286,706 votes, 13 seats

See also: List of Presidents of the Regional Council of the Pays de la Loire since 1986

economy

Compared with the GDP of the EU expressed in purchasing power standards reached the region in 2006 an index of 99.0 (EU-27 = 100).

Culture

The gardens and parks in the region are part of the European Garden Heritage Network .

See also

• List of Presidents of the Regional Council of the Pays de la Loire since 1986

Web links

Commons : Pays de la Loire  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Pays de la Loire  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Pays de la Loire region (French)
• Prefecture of the Pays de la Loire region (French)
• Pays de la Loire: an area with a thousand and one faces France's official website (english)
• Loire cycle path (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Résultats régionales 2015 on linternaute.com, accessed on January 11, 2016
2. ↑ Eurostat press release 23/2009: Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27 (PDF; 360 kB)

Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  W