city) of the Loire-Atlantique département and the Pays de la Loire région. It is the residence of a région and département prefect, local representatives
colonists immigrated from France to the Saint-Domingue. In 1805, when the French were forced out of Saint-Domingue (Haiti), 35,000 French settlers were given
the relocalization of deported Acadians and later immigration from Saint-Domingue and from continental France. French is the fourth most spoken language