Nantes | |
---|---|
State | |
Country | |
Capital | |
Population | 309346 |
Nantes (, also US: , French: [nɑ̃t] (listen); Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt [nɑ̃(ː)t]; Breton: Naoned [ˈnãunət]) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth-largest in France, with a population of 309,346 in Nantes and a metropolitan area of nearly 973,000 inhabitants (2017). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations.
It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire region, one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former duchy and province, and its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial.
Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. It was the seat of a bishopric at the end of the Roman era before it was conquered by the Bretons in 851. Although Nantes was the primary residence of the 15th-century dukes of Brittany, Rennes became the provincial capital after the 1532 union of Brittany and France.
Ulmer | |
---|---|
State | |
Country | |
Capital | |
Population | 0 |
Ulmer is a German surname meaning "from Ulm". Notable people with the surname include:
Christian Ulmer (born 1984), German ski jumper
Edgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972), Austrian-American film director
Fran Ulmer (born 1947), first woman elected as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
Georg Ulmer (1877-1963), German entomologist
Gregory Ulmer (born 1944), professor of English and of Electronic Languages and Cybermedia
James Ulmer (born 1942), American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
James Ulmer (journalist), entertainment journalist
Jason Ulmer (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
Jeff Ulmer (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
Jeffery Ulmer (born 1966), American sociologist
Kristen Ulmer (born 1966), American extreme skier
Layne Ulmer (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
LaMonte Ulmer (born 1986), American basketball player
Sarah Ulmer (born 1976), New Zealand cyclist and 2004 Olympic champion
Thomas Ulmer (born 1956), German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg
Walter F.