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Nantes
Nantes, La Venise de L’Ouest, est une ville de l’ouest de la France, située sur la loire, à 50 Kilomètres des côtes de l’Atlantique. Avec sa population de plus de 250 000 habitants, Nantes est la septième ville la plus peuplée de France. C’est aussi le chef-lieu du département de la Loire-Atlantique et la préfecture de la région des Pays de la Loire.
L’histoire de Nantes est particulièrement riche en invasion, surtout au cours des premiers siècles de notre ère. La ville passe en effet aux mains des gaulois, des romains, des saxons, des francs, des bretons, des normans, et des vikings. Mais c’est surtout avec la Bretagne que Nantes partage la plus grande partie de son histoire.
Elle est conquise une première fois par les bretons en 850 mais les luttes de successions incessantes en font une cible facile et favorisent l’incursion des vikings au Xième siècle. La ville est reprise en 937 mais passe par moments sous le giron de la maison d’Anjou.
Finalement, en 1207, les ducs de Bretagne font de Nantes leur résidence principale et y font construire le château du ducs de Bretagne sur les bancs de la Loire au coeur de la ville.
Nantes reste ainsi bretonne jusqu’au Xvième siècle, où elle est alors conquise par le Royaume de France. La duchesse Anne, héritière du duché de Bretagne, épouse Charles VIII en 1491, puis Louis XII en 1498, devenant ainsi reine de France. A sa mort en 1514, elle lègue son coeur à la ville de Nantes.
La Bretagne, quand à elle, est devenue une province de France et Nantes en est, avec Rennes, l’une des villes majeures. Après la Révolution Française cependant, la Bretagne, en tant que province, disparaît pour faire place à 5 départements, dont ce qui deviendra la Loire-Atlantique. Mais lorsque les régions sont reconstituées au XXième siècle le département de Loire-Atlantique n’est pas rattaché à la Bretagne, mais plutôt à la région des Pays de la Loire.