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Loire-Atlantique
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Loire-Atlantique (lwär-ätläNtēk`), formerly Loire-Maritime, department (1990 pop. 1,058,100), NW France, in S Brittany, on the Atlantic coast. The main cities are Nantes Nantes , city (1990 pop. 252,029), capital of Loire-Atlantique dept., W France, on the Loire River. It is an important industrial and shipping center with its ocean port at Saint-Nazaire.
..... Click the link for more information.  (the capital) and Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire , city (1990 pop. 66,087), Loire-Atlantique dept., W France, at the mouth of the Loire River on the Bay of Biscay. Saint-Nazaire is an important seaport (mainly for trade with the Antilles and Central America) and a great shipbuilding and industrial
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Loire-Atlantique
a department of W France, in Pays de la Loire region. Capital: Nantes. Pop.: 1 174 120 (2003 est.). Area: 6980 sq. km (2722 sq. miles)
Loire-Atlantique 

(formerly Loire-Inferieure), a department in western France, on the Bay of Biscay. Area, 7,000 sq km; population, 897,000 (1972). The prefecture is Nantes. Loire-Atlantique is an important industrial port region (Nantes-St. Nazaire). There is shipbuilding, ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, aircraft industry, and the manufacture of chemical and food products. Loire-Atlantique is a major region for the cultivation of cereal crops. There is viticulture, fruit growing, stock raising, and fishing.
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This wine from the Loire Atlantique in France was once the most popular dry white wine in Britain.
food & drink: wine notes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Those along the coast in the Loire Atlantique and Vendee areas are most likely to be shut down.
OIL SLICK THREAT TO 1M HOLIDAYS by Hussell, Lesley / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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