Pays de la Loire
Also known as Loire Lands, Lands of the Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire
administrative region of France
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Pays de la Loire is an administrative region located in western France that encompasses several departments along the Loire River valley. The region is significant as a major area of French territory with its own local governance structure under the French administrative system.
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- Official website
- www.paysdelaloire.fr
- Image
- Château de Montsoreau, depuis la rive droite de la Loire.jpg
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Pays de la Loire ( French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]; Breton: Broioù al Liger, lit. 'Lands of the Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre). In 2020, Pays de la Loire had a population of 3,832,120.
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