Nantes France
Nantes is the capital of the Pays de la Loire region in France. The city is situated on the Loire River. It is the sixth largest city in France.1
Fast Facts
- Country: France
- Region: Pays de la Loire
- Mayor: Jean-Marc Ayrault2
- Language spoken: French
- Population: 277,728 (1999)3
- Currency: Euro
- Country code: 33
- Area code: 2
- Time zone: CET
- Airport Code: NTE4
- France's sixth largest town5
2008 Tour de France
Nantes was the arrival point for Stage Three of the 2008 Tour de France. Starting in Saint Malo, cyclists made the 208-kilometer trek on "straight and fast-riding roads."6 Samuel Dumoulin won the third stage on July 7.7
Preliminary results put William Frischkorn and Roman Feillu in second and third places.
Other Tour de France Cities
- Cholet
- Aurillac
- Plumelec
- Saint Malo
- Cuneo
- Figeac
- Foix
- Hautacam
- Lannemezan
- Nimes
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