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| | Pays de la Loire |
 | | The valley, known as the Val de Loire, is where the region's renowned agricultural production (dominated by livestock raising) is centred, and where its cultural life is focused. |
 | | Industry and shipping activities are concentrated in the Nante-Saint-Nazaire corridor (France& fourth-largest seaport), while the famous Loire chateau and wine country stretches upriver. |
 | | Agricultural region of western France, comprising the départements of Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, and La Vendée; area 32,082 sq km/12,387 sq mi; population (1999 est) 3,222,100. |
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