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Nantes (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 12 59 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.2165 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 33 09 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.5524 decimal degrees |
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Note: Unsuccessfully attacked by Huns in 445; occupied by Normans 834-936; held by dukes of Brittany; passed to France when Anne of Brittany married Louis XII in 1499; site of Edict of Nantes issued by Henry IV 1598; scene of mass drownings during Revolution. |
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| Nantes (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Naoned (C,V)
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............ | Breton name |
| Nante (C,O)
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| נאנט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Condevicnum (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Condivicnum (H,V)
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| Condivincum (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Namnetes (H,V)
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Nantes (inhabited place) (P) |
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Nantes (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since Gallo-Roman times |
| city (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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since ancient Roman times |
| educational center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of ancient Namnetes before Roman conquest of Gaul |
| regional capital (C) |
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