Loire-Atlantique

Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; ; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, ) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 1,487,570 in 2023.

diocese of the Catholic Church in France

French political movement

Doulon is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department (formerly Loire-Inférieure), bordering Nantes (to the east), which was annexed to the latter in 1908. Its territory largely corresponded to that of one of Nantes's 11 current districts, called Doulon-Bottière (part of which is now also part of Malakoff-Saint-Donatien).