Loire-Atlantique is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 1,429,272 in 2019.
Prefecture building in Nantes
TGV and Interloire trains in Le Croisic
Nantes
Stained glass-window of the church of Batz-sur-Mer
Gallo is a regional language of eastern Brittany. It is one of the langues d'oïl, a Romance sub-family that includes French. Today it is spoken only by a minority of the population, as the standard form of French now predominates in this area.
The town of Loudéac displays its Gallo name, Loudia, on signage
A Gallo sign in the Rennes metro
Bilingual signage in the Rennes metro