PREPARING YOUR TRIP
Preparing your trip
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- Formalities before coming to France
To prepare your trip to France, information is available in 40 languages on the Maison de la France website.
- Handicap : see the website Ville de Nantes [>
- Media : 2 daily newspapers Ouest France, Presse-Océan, 3 local television channels.>]
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- Administration
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- Health : Emergency numbers
- SAMU (medical emergency) : 15
- Police service urgent : 17
- Fire service : 18
- Emergency - European call : 112
- Chemist open 7 days/week place du Pilori Nantes
- On duty chemist contact police station
(commissariat) 02 40 37 21 21
- SOS doctors 02 40 50 30 30
- Anti-poison centre 02 41 48 21 21 (Angers) 02 99 59 22 22 (Rennes)
Informations on Nantes
- Geography : Nantes is France's 6th largest town, located on the Loire Estuary, 50 km from the Atlantic coast. The metropole has an airport and is central to tourist destinations such as the Atlantic coast, Brittany, Anjou and the Vendée.
Ref: 47° 13'N; 1° 33' 0 - altitude: 12m
- Nantes is the administrative centre for the Pays de Loire region and headquarters for the Loire Atlantique department (44). The communauté urbaine de Nantes Métropole' has 24 districts.
- Climate : summer - warm (on average 18.5°), mild and rainy in winter (on average 5°). Nantes has an oceanic climate with an overall average temperature of 12°.
- Population : 566 500 inhabitants (+ 10% between 1990 and 1999). 31% of the population is under 20 yrs of age.
- Tourism : 4th destination in France for breaks (figures according to région Pays de la Loire') - more than 150 waterways in and around Nantes - 3 pleasure boat harbours - more than 180 km of walks - 300 km of cycle paths
- hotel capacity of more than 5000 rooms - a conference hall the palais des congrès'
- Economy :
- Nantes in 3rd financial position in France
- N°5 region in information technology services
- N°2 position for wholesale trade markets
- N°1 boat building centre
- N°2 national aeronautical centre Leader in the French food industry
- Transport
- Nantes Atlantique airport: 2m passengers in 2000
- Port Atlantique: more than 30m tons of traffic in 2000 (+10%
in 2 yrs)
- TGV Atlantique (Paris-Nants-Le Croisic): 6m passengers/yr
- Tram : 40km (longest in France)
- 950 bus and tram stops in and around Nantes
- University and Research :
- 50 000 students in the metropole (+70% en 15 ans)
- près de 32 000 students at the University of Nantes
- 2 200 researchers and more than 200 research laboratories
- 15 "grandes écoles"
