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![Hierarchy of Nantes (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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. |
Names: |
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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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Hierarchical Position: |
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Nantes (inhabited place) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Nantes (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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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) |
............ |
since ancient Roman times |
educational center (C) |
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trade center (C) |
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capital (H) |
............ |
of ancient Namnetes before Roman conquest of Gaul |
regional capital (C) |
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