Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire
Paeiz de la Leirr (Gallo)
Paes de la Loere (Poitevin–Saintongeais)
Broioù al Liger (Breton)
Region
Château de Montsoreau
Château de Montsoreau
Coat of arms of Pays de la Loire
Coat of arms
Official logo of Pays de la Loire
Brandmark
Coordinates: 47°25′03″N 00°51′18″W / 47.41750°N 0.85500°W / 47.41750; -0.85500
Country France
PrefectureNantes
Departments
5
Government
 • President of the Regional CouncilChristelle Morançais (DVD)
Area
 • Total32,082 km2 (12,387 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total3,853,999
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
GDP
[2]
 • Total€127.189 billion
 • Per capita€33,700
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeFR-PDL
NUTS RegionFR5
Websitewww.paysdelaloire.fr

Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]; lit. 'Lands of the Loire') is one of the eighteen regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre).[a] In 2020, Pays de la Loire had a population of 3,832,120.

  1. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.


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