The region of the Pays de la Loire brings together 5 departments: La Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée. It has 3.7 million inhabitants distributed in 1,357 municipalities. It is a balanced territory between rural areas and urban areas, organized around 7 large agglomerations (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Cholet, Le Mans, Laval and La-Roche-sur-Yon) and 1,108 municipalities of less than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the first port of the Atlantic facade. Its economic dynamism is a real force which allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in France …

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