Pays de la Loire
administrative region of France
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Pays de la Loire is an organization that was founded on June 4, 1960 [1].
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: metropolitan France[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Christelle Morançais[5]
- Capital: Nantes[6]
- Official language: French[7]
- Shares border with: Brittany[8], Centre-Val de Loire[9], Nouvelle-Aquitaine[10], Normandy[11]
- Named after: Loire[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Loire-Atlantique[13], Vendée[14], Mayenne[15], Sarthe[16], Maine-et-Loire[17]
- Legislative body: Regional Council of Pays de la Loire[18]
- Part of: Western defense and security zone[19]
- Commons category: Pays de la Loire[20]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[21], UTC+02:00[22]
- Inception: June 4, 1960[23]
- Highest point: Mont des Avaloirs[24]
- Official website: http://www.paysdelaloire.fr/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pays de la Loire[26]
- Commons gallery: Pays de la Loire[27]
- Population: 3,690,659[28], 3,718,512[29], 3,757,600[30], 3,781,423[31], 3,806,461[32], 3,832,120[33], 3,853,999[34], 3,879,216[35], 3,907,156[36]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Pays de la Loire[37]
- Official name: Pays de la Loire[38], Région Pays de la Loire[39], Broioù al Liger[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:People born in Pays de la Loire[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pays de la Loire[42]
- Native label: Pays de la Loire[43], Broioù al Liger[44]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Pays de la Loire[45]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in the Pays de la Loire[46]
Why It Matters
Pays de la Loire has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]