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Panorama depuis Butte Sainte-Anne
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The tidal range in Nantes can reach 6 metres (20 feet), larger than at the mouth of the Loire estuary.

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Nantes

France

Country
France
Population
320.7K
Coordinates
47.22, -1.55
628th most populous city in the world

Nantes is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 327,734 in Nantes proper (2023) and a metropolitan area of over 1 million inhabitants (2022).

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