City Areas
Since 1995, Nantes is divided into 11 administrative districts, 9 on the right bank of the Loire, one on the island and another one on the left bank.
Interest areas
- Place du Commerce (city-centre)
This is the centre of the city and everybody will be able to direct you here.
Highlights: La Place Royale, le Quai de la Fosse, la rue Crébillon (famous for its posh shops).
- Place du Bouffay (historic district)
This is old Nantes, with many restaurants and known for foreign food. There are also many bars.
Directions: Tram/bus Duchesse Anne
- Ile de Versailles
It is an island in the river Erdre close to the city centre. The entire island is a Japanese garden and it provides a pleasant place to relax.
Directions: Tram 2
- Quai de la Fosse – the red light district of Nantes
- Talensac – famous for its market
- Decré – pedestrian shopping district
- Rue Crébillon – semi pedestrian street with many clothes shops
- Butte St-Anne – old buildings and a view of the former port
Administrative areas
- Centre-ville: Madeleine – Champ de Mars – Decré – Cathédrale – Gloriette – Feydeau – Graslin – Commerce – Guist’hau – Bretagne – Dobrée – Bon Port
- Bellevue / Chantenay: Salorges – Sainte-Anne – Mairie de Chantenay – Jean Macé – Croix Bonneau – Bourderies, Boucardière – Mallève – Lauriers, Mendès-France – La Musse – Plessis-Cellier, Janvret – Roche Maurice – Chantenay zone portuaire – Cheviré
- Dervallières / Zola: Dervallières – Chézine – Contrie – Joncours – Procé – Durantière – Zola – Grillaud – Procé – Petit Bois – Canclaux – Mellinet – Quai de la Fosse
- Hauts-Paves / Saint-Felix: Monselet – Procé – Viarme – Talensac – Pont Morand – Hauts-Pavés – Bellamy-Barbin – Vannes – Saint-Pasquier
- Saint-Donatien / Malakoff: Waldeck – Sully – Rochebourg – Saint-Clément – Coulmiers – Jardin des Plantes – Dalby – Saint-Donatien – le Coudray – Mellinet – Les Agenêts – Toutes-Aides – Le Vieux Malakoff – Malakoff
- Ile de Nantes: République – Les Ponts – Mangin – Galarne
- Breil / Barberie: Carcouët – Breil – Malville – Rond point de Vannes – Rond point de Rennes – Beauséjour – Schumann – Gaudinière – Barberie – Perverie
- Nantes-Nord: Université – Jonelière – Petit port – Bourgeonnière – Pont du Cens – Côte d’or – Boissière – Chauvinière – Santos Dumont – Bout des Pavés – Chêne des Anglais
- Nantes-Erdre: la Tortière – Le Plessis Tison – Le Port Boyer – L’Eraudière – la Renaudière – Le Ranzay – Grand Clos – La Beaujoire – la Halvêque – Saint-Joseph de Porterie – Chantrerie – Gachet
- Doulon / Bottière: la Haluchère – le Perray – la Pilotière – le Pin sec – la Bottière – Jules Verne – le rond point de Paris – la Noë Lambert – le Landreau – la Mairie de Doulon – le Vieux Doulon – les Mauves – la route de Sainte-Luce – le Bois-Briand
- Nantes-Sud: Saint-Jacques – Pirmil – Grande Gréneraie – Clos-Toreau – Ripossière – Sèvre – Lion d’Or – Gilarderie