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  Railway Technology - Nantes Light Railway - Tram
Nantes claims to be the city which invented public transport when, in 1826, it saw the first public hackney cab.
Nantes' trams are governed by twin-aspect colour-light signals which, in the street-level city centre sections, are integrated with road traffic signals.
Nantes is being closely watched by other European cities and is particularly seen as a model for the light rail system planned for Nottingham, UK - the two cities are of almost identical size and have seen similar growth in population and transport needs in the latter part of the 20th century.
www.railway-technology.com /projects/nantes/index.html   (905 words)

  
 Nantes Guide - Railbookers.com
Nantes is set alongside the Loire River, west of the Loire Valley, and was once the capital of Brittany.
Nantes is a lively port city, with excellent night life and plenty of cafés and restaurants to enjoy.
Nantes' Musée des Beaux-Arts is housed in a 19th century building with light modern styled galleries.
www.railbookers.com /breaks/guides/nantes   (391 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet - Europe - Nantes start Ligue 2 campaign with 5-0 rout
NANTES, France, July 31 (Reuters) - Eight-times French champions Nantes started life as a Ligue 2 club for the first time in over four decades with a 5-0 rout, making clear they were determined to secure an immediate return to the top flight.
Nantes were relegated at the end of last season after spending a record 44 consecutive years in the top flight.
For years Nantes were nurtured by a series of unpretentious father figures, but the club changed dramatically in 2004 when Dassault, the owner of an aviation and industrial company, took control.
soccernet.espn.go.com /news/story?id=449054&cc=5739&campaign=rss&source=soccernet   (308 words)

  
 Nantes - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Nantes (Breton: Naoned; Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, near the Atlantic coast, with 711,120 inhabitants in the metropolitan area at the 1999 census.
Nantes is a very large but little known city in Mid-West France, which is, as cities go, is absolutely stunning.
Nantes is of a similar size to Cardiff, ie.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/nantes   (290 words)

  
 Bienvenue à l'Ecole des Mines de Nantes
La chaîne de télévision régionale Nantes 7 a réalisé en avril dernier un reportage sur la vie scolaire et extra-scolaire des élèves-ingénieurs de l’Ecole des Mines de Nantes.
Les futurs ingénieurs de l'Ecole des Mines de Nantes soutiennent leur projet de fin d'étude en vue de l'obtention de leur diplôme à partir du 2 juillet.
Le dernier rapport d'activité et des projets de recherche des départements systèmes énergétiques et environnement, informatique, sciences sociales et de gestion, subatech et automatique et productique de l'Ecole des Mines de Nantes est paru et disponible.
www.emn.fr   (525 words)

  
 Ecole Centrale de Nantes - WELCOME
The Ecole Centrale de Nantes will be closed from friday 3rd august in the evening, to monday 20th august in the morning
The Ecole Centrale de Nantes has delivered for the first time, the 26 of april, the DIPLOMA of HONORIS CAUSA to 3 personnalities of the scientific and higher education world.
Nantes Eau Brésil is an association created by students of the Ecole Centrale Nantes.
www.ec-nantes.fr /index_en.jsp   (289 words)

  
  Hotels in Nantes, France
The Mercure Nantes Beaulieu is a superior first-class hotel with a contemporary style, modern facilities and a pleasant atmosphere.
The Hotel L Hotel Is Ideally Situated In The Heart Of Nantes In The Medieval And Historical Centre.
Once the home of the Dukes of Brittany, Nantes is a lively and welcoming city and is a must for tourists and those in search of excellent gastronomy.
www.gate54.com /europe/FR/nantes   (286 words)

  
  AllRefer.com - Nantes, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Nantes was ravaged and held (843–936) by Norsemen and later (10th cent.) fell to the dukes of Brittany, who resided there until Brittany became part of France in 1524.
During the French Revolution, Nantes was nearly stormed by royalist troops of the VendEe and was the scene of massacres by the revolutionaries in 1793.
Nantes was a center of resistance to the German occupation in World War II, and its civilian population suffered ruthless reprisals.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/Nantes.html   (321 words)

  
  Nantes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nantes (Breton: Naoned; Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, near the Atlantic coast, with 711,120 inhabitants in the metropolitan area at the 1999 census.
Christianised in the 3rd century, Nantes was successively invaded by the Saxons (around 285), the Franks (around 500), the Britons (in the 6th and 7th centuries) and the Normans (in 843).
Formerly the capital of Brittany, Nantes was separated from the region by the Vichy government in June 1941.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nantes   (993 words)

  
 Nantes Hotel - Guide of Hotels in Nantes, France.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nantes was ravaged and held (843-936) by Norsemen and later (10th cent.) fell to the dukes of Brittany, who resided there until Brittany became part of France in 1524.
During the French Revolution, Nantes was nearly stormed by royalist troops of the Vendée and was the scene of massacres by the revolutionaries in 1793.
Nantes is divided in 11 neighborhoods, 9 on the right bank of the Loire, 1 on the left bank and 1 on the Ile-de-Nantes island.
www.hotels-france-travel.com /ville/nantes/nantes-hotel.htm   (1000 words)

  
 Edict of Nantes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France to grant French Protestants (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic.
The main concern was civil unity, and the Edict separated civil from religious unity, treated some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opened a path for secularism and tolerance.
The Edict of Nantes that Henry signed comprised four basic texts, including a principal text made up of more than ninety articles and largely based on unsuccessful peace treaties hammered out during the recent troubles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edict_of_Nantes   (648 words)

  
 About Nantes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nantes is the 6th largest city of France.
The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France to grant French Protestants (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a Catholic nation.
The Edict of Nantes that Henry signed was made up of four basic texts, including the principal text made up of more than ninety articles, which was largely based on unsuccessful peace treaties that had been hammered out during the recent troubles.
www.heart4france.com /AboutNantes.htm   (832 words)

  
 Nantes, France
Nantes was the birthplace of the writer Jules Verne (1828-1905).
Nantes, under the name of Condevincum, was the capital of a Gallic tribe, the Namnetae.
Thanks to its port Nantes developed into a flourishing commercial town by the 16th C. In the 19th C its trade declined, since the larger vessels then coming into service could not sail up the Loire, so that it became necessary to build an outer harbor at St-Nazaire and develop new industries in Nantes.
www.planetware.com /france/nantes-f-loi-nan.htm   (220 words)

  
 Nantes News - Topix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Swedish Christian Wilhelmsson signed with AS Roma on loan from FC Nantes Atlantique on Tuesday in a move that will keep the midfielder with the Italian suit until the end of the season with an option to...
Marseille are highly fancied to make their second Coupe de France final in a row when they take on Nantes in a last-four clash on Wednesday.
Nantes goalkeeper Fabien Barthez will be desperate to make amends for his glaring error against Sedan last weekend when his team take on St Etienne in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
www.topix.net /world-soccer/nantes   (551 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nantes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The crusades were preached at Nantes by Blessed Robert of Arbrissel, founder of Fontevrault.
On 8 August, 1499, Louis XII married Anne of Brittany at Nantes-a marriage which later led to the annexation of the Duchy of Brittany to the Crown of France (1532).
Chateaubriant, a town of the diocese, was a Calvinistic centre in the sixteenth century.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/10681a.htm   (894 words)

  
 NANTES, France - Seattle Sister City
Nantes, one of France's regional capitals, is a major seaport near the mouth of the Loire River in northwest France.
The city is home to the University of Nantes, a highly ranked Ecole de Commerce, and many research institutions.
Nantes is a center for horticulture with many beautiful parks and gardens.
www.cityofseattle.net /oir/Nantes.htm   (221 words)

  
 ACADIANS at NANTES:Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
Embarkation of the Acadians in the port of Nantes, France
Nantes has always been a busy sea port and a place where families would gather until it was time for them to sail.
Nantes was always considered to be the port of departure and of adventure beginning in the early days when large masted ships would sail in and out of port.
www.acadian-home.org /Nantes-France.html   (999 words)

  
 Nantes France | Map of Nantes France | Hotel Nantes France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nantes is a popular tourist destination in France, which was the former capital of Brittany, which is no longer officially part of the province.
Nantes was transferred to the Pays de la Loire in 1962 when the modern administrative regions were set-up.
Nantes is dominated by a huge, two-tone castle from the 15th century, in beautifully renovated granite and schist - the Château des Ducs de Bretagne.
www.stayresfrance.com /nantes.html   (531 words)

  
 Nantes France - French Destinations - IndigoGuide
Nantes used to be the capital of Brittany and, although in 1996 it was lumped in with the Pays de la Loire for administrational purposes, it will always be Breton at heart.
Nantes is France's sixth largest city and an important university town, with good museums, parks and lots of places to eat and drink.
It was here that Henri IV signed the Edict of Nantes in 1598, ensuring the civils rights and freedom of French Protestants, only to have it revoked by Louis XIV in 1685 with far worse consequences.
www.indigoguide.com /france/nantes.htm   (528 words)

  
 Nantes travel guide - Wikitravel
Nantes [1] is the capital of the north-western French region of Pays de la Loire.
Nantes was an important port located 50 km up the Loire.
Nantes is only 2 hours by TGV from Paris.
wikitravel.org /en/Nantes   (312 words)

  
 Compressed Air Trams - 2
The Compagnie des Tramways de Nantes was set up from 13th February 1879 and began a service of Mékarski compressed air cars between Doulon and the Gare Maritime, extending to Chantenay on 12th May 1880.
At the end of 1992, this unique original Mékarski car (Number 18) was returned to Nantes where it was stored in the Trocardiere Depot at the southerly end of the new route 2 (Trocardiere to Ecole Centrale Sup de Co), pending decisions on the future location of the AMTUIR collection.
The Nantes tram system closed on 25th January 1958, but another first for Nantes was the opening of the new tramway on 7th January 1985.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /tramways/Articles/Compair2.htm   (832 words)

  
 iut nantes in english   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nantes is situated close to the North-West coast of France, and is the main city of the "Département de Loire-Atlantique", i.e.
Teaching at University level, most of the academic staff of IUT Nantes are lecturers or professors doing their research within the research laboratories of the IUT or other faculties of the University of Nantes.
Nantes is served by a modern, efficient and most importantly for students, cheap transport system.
www.iut-nantes.univ-nantes.fr /english.htm   (4883 words)

  
 Concerning Nantes, May 1968
It is known that leftist minorities and revolutionary syndicalists wield an influence among the unions of the Loire-Atlantic area (in the F.O. and even in the C.F.D.T.) beyond any proportion to their national reality, an influence which is tied to certain traditions of workers' struggles and economic conditions existing locally.
In the big strike of 1953, the outline of the Central Strike Committee's insurrectional power was clearly manifested at Nantes: it was a nice vestige of the revolutionary possibilities that syndicalism has formerly contained, during a period when the workers' movement had generally been wiped out.
Vaneigem and a worker comrade went to Nantes as delegates of the Council for the Maintenance of the Occupations [C.M.D.O.].
www.notbored.org /nantes.html   (763 words)

  
 TIMEeurope Magazine | Secret Capitals | Aug. 30, 2004
Nantes’ reputation as the greenest city in France is backed by 1,000 hectares of greenery, 95 park and squares and 500 km of bicycling and walking paths
Put it all together and the conclusion becomes inescapable: Nantes must be the most livable city in all of Europe.
But Nantes' pride and joy is its transportation system, which includes a tramway network and a fleet of 155 buses that run on natural gas.
www.time.com /time/europe/secret/nantes.html   (1044 words)

  
 Nantes : Introduction | Frommers.com
Nantes is Brittany's largest town, although in spirit it seems closer to the Loire Valley's château country.
Nantes is a busy port that suffered great damage in World War II.
It's best known for the Edict of Nantes, issued by Henri IV in 1598, which guaranteed religious freedom to Protestants (it was later revoked).
www.frommers.com /destinations/nantes/0583010001.html   (304 words)

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