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Treillières (French pronunciation: [tʁɛljɛʁ]; Breton: Trelier) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Casson (French pronunciation: [kasɔ̃] ; Gallo: Caczon, Breton: Kazon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Loire-Atlantique (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ atlɑ̃tik]; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; Breton: Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, Breton: Liger-Izelañ) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 1,429,272 in 2019.

Sucé-sur-Erdre (French pronunciation: [syse syʁ ɛʁdʁ] , literally Sucé on Erdre; Breton: Sulieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Its name comes from the Latin sulcus, meaning "furrow", and the Celtic erdam, meaning "small river". Sucé-sur-Erdre, as its name indicates, is located on the river Erdre, which at this point is near its confluence with the Loire. The town was fairly small (2,000 or so) for quite some time until it began to be absorbed into the greater suburbia of Nantes. As of 2019, it has about 7,200 inhabitants, a significant portion of which commute to Nantes. In general, the area is middle-class with a good portion of upper-middle class and upper-class homes, especially on the river banks. Sucé-sur-Erdre is relatively well known in the area for its scenic river landscapes, and its many water sports opportunities, including fishing, sailing, windsurfing in Mazerolles (Funboard44), kayaking, and water skiing. It has essentially no industry, the main employer is a large convalescence home. There are many shops (butcher, baker, etc...) and one small supermarket. Sucé-sur-Erdre has had few encounters with history, its greatest claim to fame being that the famous philosopher René Descartes spent some time there (although this is not very well documented). It has a few old houses, but the church is modern (late nineteenth century. There are many picturesque farm houses in the area, although they are disappearing quickly due to the accelerated modernization brought by the expansion of Nantes.

La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl syʁ ɛʁdʁ] (listen); Breton: Chapel-Erzh, [ˈʃapːɛlɛrs]) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

The canton of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre is an administrative division of the Loire-Atlantique department, in western France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre.It consists of the following communes: La Chapelle-sur-Erdre Fay-de-Bretagne Grandchamps-des-Fontaines Sucé-sur-Erdre Treillières Vigneux-de-Bretagne

Orvault (French: [ɔʁvo] (listen); Breton: Orvez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the northwest.

The École nationale d'ingénieurs des techniques des industries agro-alimentaires (ENITIAA) is a public institution of higher education and research located in Nantes.

The École des Mines de Nantes, or École nationale supérieure des mines de Nantes (Mines Nantes) is a French high-level engineering school (grande école), part of the Institut Mines-Télécom. The school is based in Nantes, in the west of France. It was merged with Télécom Bretagne on 1 January 2017, and the new school's name is IMT Atlantique. The school offers 10 majors: Energy (GSE) Decision-making software engineering (GIPAD) Logistics and production systems (GOPL) Management of Information Technologies (OMTI) Information Systems engineering (GSI) Quality and Safety (QSF) Automation (AII) Environment (GE) Nuclear: Technologies, Safety and Environment (NTSE) Nuclear: Systems and Technologies Applied to Nuclear reactors (STAR) Nuclear: Sustainable Nuclear Energy and Waste Management (SNEWM) - International master taught in EnglishThe EMN has also signed agreements with Audencia Business School to offer a joint degree in management of information technologies. The school depend on the French minister of industry.

L’École de design Nantes Atlantique is a private institution for technical education dedicated to the teaching of design. Founded in 1988, it has been managed by the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 1991. The school is recognized by the State and is one of the two schools in its field to award a design degree which is certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education. . This degree is also registered in the Registre National des Certifications Professionnelles (the French directory for vocational qualifications) as a Level I Master's degree. L’École de design is a member of the Conférence des grandes écoles (top-tier French higher education institutions) and is also associated to the Université de Nantes. It is located in Nantes on the technological campus Atlanpole la Chantrerie and on the Ile de Nantes, as well as in Shanghai (China), Pune (India), São Paulo (Brazil) and Montréal (Canada). The school has been run since 1998 by Christian Guellerin, Managing Director.

Sautron (French pronunciation: [sotʁɔ̃] ; Breton: Saotron) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.

Sillon de Bretagne is a skyscraper in Saint-Herblain, a suburb of Nantes, in the Loire-Atlantique department of France. At 32-storeys, 97 m (318 ft) it was the tallest building in France when completed in 1969. With the structure's massive 425 m (1,394 ft) width, and a footprint of 36,200 meters square, it remains one of the largest buildings in Europe by volume, providing living and office accommodations for approximately 3,600 people. The roof top houses the antenna system for the Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) transmitter operated by Groupement des radios associatives de la métropole nantaise (GRAM).