France Nantes information

Nantes is located at the confluence of the Aite River and the Loire River. In 58 BC, Nantes began to form a commercial port, with a population of 245,000 in downtown Nantes and 2 1 in suburban towns with a population of 500,000. Nantes-Atlantic City to be merged (including Nantes and San Nazar) has 800,000 residents and 272,000 employees (the tertiary industry accounts for 55%); Nantes University has 45,500 students and 3,000 researchers. There are seven museums in the city: Art Museum (the second largest French painting museum after Louvre), Dobl Archaeological Museum, Natural History Museum, Folk Art Museum, Duke Castle Museum (including Folk Art, Decorative Art and Ocean Museum) and jules verne Museum.

Nantes is the capital of the Loire province in the Atlantic Ocean. There are 4,700 enterprises in the province, covering aviation, shipbuilding, weapons, machinery manufacturing, electrical and electronic manufacturing, casting, metal processing, plastic processing, energy, chemistry, wood industry and other industries. In addition to these industrial enterprises, there are more than 100 high-tech SMEs; There are more than 600 export enterprises in the province, of which more than 50 enterprises have branches abroad; In agriculture, vegetables, horticulture and grape cultivation are the main businesses, while in animal husbandry, beef, milk, pork and poultry are the main products.

Nantes-San Nazaire Port is the fourth largest port after Marseille, le havre and Dunkirk. It is equipped with France's largest loading dock for wood and animal feed, as well as special docks for oil and natural gas.

Nantes is an important financial place in western France, and Nantes Exchange is the third largest exchange in France.

The coast of Loire-Atlantic Province is 130 km long, which is one of the most beautiful beaches in Europe. It is one of the major tourist provinces in France 10, receiving tourists130,000 times a year, including 300,000 foreign tourists, with an annual tourism turnover of 3 billion francs.

Nantes-Atlantic Airport is one of the busiest airports in France, with 1995 carrying 1 15000 passengers.