Nantes

(nt; E nänts, nants)

city in W France, on the Loire River: pop. 245,000

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A city of western France on the Loire River west of Tours. The Edict of Nantes, granting limited religious and civil liberties to the Huguenots, was issued in 1598 by Henry IV of France and revoked in 1685 by Louis XIV. Population: 282,000.

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