Nantes | |
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Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Loire-Atlantique |
No. of communes | 76 |
Prefecture | Nantes |
Area | 1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[1] | 881,045 |
• Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
INSEE code | 442 |
The arrondissement of Nantes is an arrondissement of France in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 76 communes. [2] Its population is 830,509 (2016), and its area is 1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi). [3]
The communes of the arrondissement of Nantes, and their INSEE codes, are: [2]
The arrondissement of Nantes was created in 1800. [4] In January 2017 it lost four communes to the new arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis. [5]
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Nantes were, as of January 2015: [6]