Rezé
Rezé
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Commune | |
City center | |
Location of Rezé | |
| Coordinates: 47°11′30″N 1°34′10″W / 47.19167°N 1.56944°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Nantes |
| Canton | Rezé-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Nantes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Agnès Bourgeais |
Area 1 | 13.78 km2 (5.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 43,349 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44143 /44400 |
| Elevation | 1–42 m (3.3–137.8 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rezé (French: [ʁəze] ⓘ; Breton: Reudied, Gallo: Rezae) is a commune (municipality) and former bishopric in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region of western France. It is a southern suburb of Nantes.
It was also called Ratiate in the Middle Ages and Rezay in the High Middle Ages.