Nantes is a city in western France, Loire-Atlantique department and the prefecture capital of the Pays de la Loire Region. Nantes is located on the Loire River, 50 km from the Atlantic coast. Nantes Métropole population is 580,000 inhabitants.
Nantes name derives from its people from pre-Romanian Gauls tribe known as Namnetes, who founded the city in around 70 BC
Taking advantage of the open sea, Nantes has developed over time, becoming one of the most important ports in France, is today considered the center of the western metropolitan France.
La Baule is a city in France, Loire-Atlantique department of the Pays de la Loire region. La Baule is a major tourist resort on the Atlantic Ocean that boasts one of the most beautiful beaches in Europe.
Seaside resort, founded nearly a century ago, is a picturesque town that offers a wide range of shops, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and casinos, an original amalgam of cultures and old maritime Breton.
La Baule today is a mix of villas belonging to wealthy families, luxury hotels and luxury apartment buildings less, thus creating a unique atmosphere and original social diversity.
The city of Saint-Nazaire is a major port on the right bank of the Loire River estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean. The city is located south of the second largest swamp in France called "La Briere." Given the location, Saint-Nazaire has a long tradition in fishing and shipbuilding.
Archaeological evidence suggests that the area was inhabited since the Neolithic period, as shown in this monument as "Dissignac's mound," Megalithic tomb, located in downtown, and ancient bronzes found nearby.
The city of Saint-Nazaire was born today in the mid-nineteenth century to house the edge of the harbor created transatlantic ships.
Tours is a city in France, the prefecture of Indre-et-Loire department in central region. The old town is located between the Loire and Cher rivers. The city has a population of 140,000 inhabitants and is called the Garden of France ("Le Jardin de la France"), due to its many parks.
Starting time Wales Tours is known as crossing the Loire. The city then called Civitas Turonorum, after the name of the respondents Galli Turones to sit there.
Tours has long had a reputation as a conservative town, bourgeois, but the growing number of commuters in Paris (now in less than an hour away on the TGV line), I have animated significant.
Blois city, capital of Loir-et-Cher department is located on the banks of the Loire in central France. Blois is located in the center of a rich agricultural area but is also well known for electrical and leather industry.
Blois was Romanian settlement (Blesum) and Blaisois capital of the Middle Ages. In 1397 under the supervision of Louis of Orleans and became a royal residence. During the reigns of Louis XII and Francis I played a similar role of Versailles during the reign of Ludoivc XIV.
Gothic-style buildings and architecture are characteristic renascentisca Blois.
Orleans is a city in the center of France, being the northernmost city on the Loire Valley, located 120 km southwest of Paris. Due to its size, the best way to know it is by walking or cycling.
Angers is a city in France prefecture of the department of Maine-et-Loire in the Pays de la Loire region. The surrounding area is also called Anjou. The city itself has approximately 150,000-160,000 inhabitants, the urban agglomeration called Angers Loire Métropole having 280,000 inhabitants.
Located in the heart of the Loire Valley and considered by the UNESCO World Heritage city of Amboise is the home of prestigious monuments such as the Royal Castle, Clos Luce (Castle Cloux), temporary home of Leonardo da Vinci, and Chanteloup Pagoda, Chinese-inspired monument. Also, Amboise is located only 18 km from the Chenonceau Castle, situated on the River Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux.
Amboise (Ambac Latin) means "between two waters." Name the city makes reference to his past and its privileged geographic location: Châteliers plateau that dominates the valleys of the Loire and Amasa's.
Luynes is a city located in the department of Indre-et-Loire, southern France. It is located in the Midlands and has a population of about 5,000 inhabitants.
The earliest traces of human passage in Luynes's area are 15,000 years ago. These consist of stone tools and cut into various shapes and various utilities. Other tools during the Bronze Age metals demonstrate continuity. Luynes's life testimony from the second century AD is called Malliacum aqueduct area. In the early Middle Ages, the location is Christian and in 1619 enters into the subordination of Charles d'Albert de Luynes, the favorite of Louis XIII, hence the name of the city.
