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
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Coordinates: 47°25′03″N 00°51′18″W / 47.41750°N 0.85500°W / 47.41750; -0.85500
Country	France
Prefecture	Nantes
Departments	5 Loire-Atlantique (44) Maine-et-Loire (49) Mayenne (53) Sarthe (72) Vendée (85)
Government
• President of the Regional Council	Christelle Morançais (DVD)
Area
• Total	32,082 km2 (12,387 sq mi)
• Rank	8th
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	3,853,999
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Total	€127.189 billion
• Per capita	€33,700
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-PDL
NUTS Region	FR5
Website	www.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.

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