Pays de la Loire - Definition and Overview

Région Pays-de-la-Loire
Information
Capital:	Nantes
Population  - Total  - Density	3 222 061 (1999) 100 /km²
Area	32 082 km²
Arrondissements	17
Cantons	203
Communes	1 502
President of the regional council	Jacques Auxiette
Départements
Loire-Atlantique (44) Mayenne (53) Maine-et-Loire (49) Sarthe (72) Vendée (85)
Location

Pays de la Loire is a Region of France.

See also: Loire Valley

Regions of France
Alsace | Aquitaine | Auvergne | Lower Normandy | Burgundy | Brittany | Centre | Champagne-Ardenne | Corsica | Franche-Comté | Upper Normandy | Île-de-France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Limousin | Lorraine | Midi-Pyrénées | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Loire Region | Picardy | Poitou-Charentes | Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur | Rhône-Alpes
Overseas Departments
Guadeloupe | Martinique | French Guiana | Réunion

Example Usage of Loire