Nantes

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/nantes

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Nantes?Approximately 320,720 inhabitants (city proper), over 960,000 in the metropolitan area
2. How big is Nantes?65.19 square kilometers
3. What language do people speak in Nantes?French
4. When was Nantes built?Antiquity (Roman era as Condevicnum), significant medieval development

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