Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.na.zɛʁ]; Breton: Sant-Nazer/Señ Neñseir; Gallo: [Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique depairtment in wastren Fraunce, in tradeetional Brittany.
Saint-Nazaire | |
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  Saint-Nazaire Location within Pays de la Loire region  Saint-Nazaire | |
| Coordinates: 47°16′50″N 2°12′31″W / 47.2806°N 2.2086°WCoordinates: 47°16′50″N 2°12′31″W / 47.2806°N 2.2086°W | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Depairtment | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | 3 cantons |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Joël-Guy Batteux |
| Area 1 | 46.79 km2 (18.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 71,373 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44184 /44600 |
| Elevation | 0–47 m (0–154 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Twin touns an sister ceeties
eeditSaint-Nazaire is twinned wi:
Avilés, Spain
Kribi, Cameroon
Peillac
Saint-Hubert, Canadae - syne 1991
Sarrelouis, Germany - syne 1969
Ceety o Sunderland, Ingland - syne 1 May 1953[1]
It haes an aa cooperation agreements wi:
Cienfuegos, Cuba - syne 1996
References
eedit- ↑ "Britilh towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived frae the original on 5 Julie 2013. Retrieved 20 Julie 2013.