What is Nantes?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Nantes |native name = |commune status = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = Flag_of_Nantes.svg |city motto = {{Lang-la|Favet Neptunus eunti}}<br/>([[Neptune (mythology)|Neptune]] favours the traveller) |image = {{Photomontage |photo1a=Panorama depuis Butte Sainte-Anne.jpg |photo2a=Cour intérieure du château des ducs de Bretagne (Nantes) (7339052946).jpg |photo2b=Nantes passage pommeraye.JPG |photo5a=Ile_de_Nantes.JPG |size=280 |spacing=2 }} |caption = Top to bottom, left to right: the [[Loire (river)|Loire]] in central Nantes; the [[Château des ducs de Bretagne|Castle of the Dukes of Brittany]]; the [[passage Pommeraye|Pommeraye Arcade]], and the [[île de Nantes|Isle of Nantes]] between the branches of the [[Loire]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.2181|-1.5528|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Nantes |intercommunality = [[Nantes Métropole]] |mayor = [[Johanna Rolland]] |term = 2014–2020 |area km2 = 65.19 |population = 298029 |population date = 2016&nbsp;census |INSEE = 44109 |postal code = 44000, 44100, 44200 and 44300 |website = [http://en.nantes.fr/home.html nantes.fr] |image coat of arms = Grandes_Armes_de_Nantes.svg |time zone = CET <small>(GMT +1)</small> |canton = [[Cantons of Nantes|7 cantons]] |party = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] |population ranking = [[List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants (2006 census)|6th in France]] |urban area km2 = 537.70 |urban area date = 2008 |urban pop = 612782 |urban pop date = 2013 |metro area km2 = 3302 |metro area date = 2013 |metro area pop = 908815 |metro area pop date= 2013 |dialling code = 02 }} '''Nantes''' is a [[city]] in [[France]], the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Pays de la Loire]] [[Regions of France|reg