Pays de la Loire

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Pays de la Loire
Château de Montsoreau
Flag of Pays de la Loire
Coat of arms of Pays de la Loire
Official logo of Pays de la Loire
Country France
PrefectureNantes
Departments
Government
 • President of the Regional CouncilChristelle Morançais (LR)
Area
 • Total32,082 km2 (12,387 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Population
 • Total3,553,352
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeFR-PDL
GDP (2012)[1]Ranked 5th
Total€101.2 billion (US$130.2 bn)
Per capita€27,775 (US$35,725)
NUTS RegionFR5
Websitewww.paysdelaloire.fr

Pays de la Loire (or Pays-de-la-Loire) is an administrative region of France. Its capital is Nantes. In 2018, about 3.8 million people lived in the region.[2] There are seven big centers, with more than 100.000 people in the respective urban area: Nantes, Angers, Le Mans, La Roche-sur-Yon, Cholet, Saint-Nazaire and Laval.

The departments in the region are:

The economy is centered around the production of food, and agriculture in general. It is the third in France in that sector. 51% of meat products, 19% of milk, and 67% of the natural produce of grain (cereals) are produced there.

Languages[change | change source]

Some people in the region also speak other local languages. These are

Breton is a Celtic language, the others are Romance languages.

References[change | change source]

  1. INSEE. "Produits intérieurs bruts régionaux et valeurs ajoutées régionallolà 2012". Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  2. "Populations légales des régions en 2015 − Populations légales 2015 | Insee". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-27.

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