Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire
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| Coordinates: 47°25′03″N 00°51′18″W / 47.41750°N 0.85500°W | |
| Country | France |
| Prefecture | Nantes |
| Departments | 5
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| Government | |
| • President of the Regional Council | Christelle Morançais (DVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 32,082 km2 (12,387 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,907,156 |
| • Density | 121.79/km2 (315.43/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €127.189 billion |
| • Per capita | €33,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-PDL |
| NUTS Region | FR5 |
| Website | www.paysdelaloire.fr |
Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre). In 2020, Pays de la Loire had a population of 3,832,120.