Saint-Nazaire

commune in Loire-Atlantique, France
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Summary

Saint-Nazaire is a commune of France[1]. Saint-Nazaire ranks in the top 0.54% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,284 views/month, #168 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire[3], Loire-Atlantique[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Loire[6]
  • Head of government: David Samzun[7]
  • Instance of: town[8]
  • Shares border with: La Baule-Escoublac[9], Montoir-de-Bretagne[10], Pornichet[11], Saint-André-des-Eaux[12], Saint-Joachim[13], Trignac[14]
  • Named after: Nazarius[15]
  • Flag: flag of Saint-Nazaire[16]
  • Twinned administrative body: Saarlouis[17], Haikou[18]
  • Postal code: 44600[19]
  • Commons category: Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique)[20]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[21], UTC+02:00[22]
  • Archives at: archives municipales de Saint-Nazaire[23]
  • Official website: https://www.saintnazaire.fr[24]
  • IPA transcription: sɛ̃.na.zɛʁ[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saint-Nazaire[26]
  • Commons gallery: Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique)[27]
  • Email address: mailto:contact@mairie-saintnazaire.fr[28]
  • Population: 68,513[29], 69,784[30], 72,295[31], 69,993[32], 70,619[33], 63,289[34], 69,251[35], 68,348[36], 64,812[37], 65,874[38], 68,838[39], 67,097[40], 71,394[41], 71,887[42]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Saint-Nazaire[43]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Saint-Nazaire[44]
  • Phone number: +33-2-40-00-40-00[45]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[47], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[48]
  • Capital of: arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire[49], canton of Saint-Nazaire-Centre[50], canton of Saint-Nazaire-Ouest[51], canton of Saint-Nazaire-Est[52], canton of Saint-Nazaire-2[53], canton of Saint-Nazaire-1[54]
  • Official name: Saint-Nazaire[55]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Saint-Nazaire include Saint-Nazaire - Montoir Airport[56], an airport[57], in France[58].

Why It Matters

Saint-Nazaire has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Saint-Nazaire is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for Saint-Nazaire include Saint-Nazaire - Montoir Airport[56], an airport[57], in France[58].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . enfaohn.hainan.gov.cn. enfaohn.hainan.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [6] ↑ . Sandre. sandre.eaufrance.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q30467
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  2. 22w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Aire d'attraction de Saint-Nazaire, Unité urbaine de Saint-Nazaire
    Instance of → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique)
    Coordinates of westernmost point → {'lat': 47.282559, 'lon': -2.310499}
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