Pays de la Loire
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The Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pɛ.i də la lwaʁ]; Scots: Loire Lands) are ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce. It is ane o the regions creatit in the late 20t century tae serve as a zone o influence for its caipital, Nantes, ane o a haundful so-cried "balancin metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre)¹. Ither examples o "airtificially created" regions include Rhône-Alpes, which wis creatit as the region for Lyon, an Midi-Pyrénées, which wis creatit as the region for Toulouse.
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Pays de la Loire | |
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Kintra | Fraunce |
Prefectur | Nantes |
Departments | 5
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Govrenment | |
• Preses | Jacques Auxiette (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 32082 km2 (12,387 sq mi) |
Population (2009-01-01) | |
• Total | 3,553,353 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
NUTS Region | FR5 |
Website | paysdelaloire.fr |
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