Hôtel de Ville, La Chapelle-sur-Erdre

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

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.

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

Hall XXL is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Nantes, France. Opened in August 2013, the arena is mainly used for exhibitions and sporting events.

École supérieure du bois (ESB) a French engineering College created in 1934. The education provided concerns wood trades and techniques, but also human sciences, management, law, business policy and foreign languages. Located in Nantes since 1993, the ESB is a private higher education institution of general interest recognised by the State. The school is a member of the Union of Independent Grandes Écoles (UGEI).

The Institut de Recherche en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes (IRCCyN, English : Research Institute in Communications and Cybernetic of Nantes) is a scientific institution linked to the CNRS in France. Its purpose is to innovate in different fields such as robotics, automatic control, cognition, production theory and image processing. The IRCCyN is a dedicated center for the université de Nantes, the école des Mines de Nantes and the école centrale de Nantes where it is located.The IRCCyN was founded in 1958 by Professor Romane Mezencev and joined the CNRS in 1968. Michel Malabre is the director of the institute since 2008. The activity and results of the IRCCyN is evaluated every 5 years by the "High Council of Evaluation of Research and Higher Education" and the National Committee of Scientific Research.

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.

The Troadec family murders, sometimes called the Troadec case (French: Affaire Troadec) or the Orvault missing persons case, was a case of multiple homicide that occurred on the night of 16 February 2017, which involved the four members of the Troadec family in Orvault, a town in the Nantes metropolitan area, in France. On 23 February, Brigitte Troadec's sister, worried about the lack of news from her sister, alerted the police of their disappearances. Inside the family home, traces of blood were found, triggering a criminal investigation. On 5 March, Hubert Caouissin was taken into custody along with his partner after his DNA was found at the crime scene. The following day, he confessed to the murder of the four members of the Troadec family and was charged with murder. The bodies of the family were discovered at Caouissin's farm on 8 March. They had been bludgeoned to death with a crowbar. At the time of the disappearances, the case received significant media attention due to its geographical proximity and similarities with the Dupont de Ligonnès case as only four kilometres separate the two crime scenes. The crime involved a disagreement regarding the inheritance of gold bars within the family, the existence of which was disputed. On 7 July 2021, Hubert Caouissin was found guilty of the quadruple murder of Pascal, Brigitte, Sébastien, and Charlotte Troadec. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Lydie Troadec, his partner, was found guilty of concealing corpses and tampering with the crime scene. She was sentenced to three years in prison, one of which was suspended.