Rezé

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Coordinates: 47°10′00″N 1°33′00″W / 47.183333, -1.55

Administration
Commune of Rezé
Location

Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Rezé / Bouaye
Intercommunality	Urban Community of Nantes Métropole
Mayor	Gilles Retière (PS) (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	1 m–42 m (avg. 8 m)
Land area^¹	13.78 km²
Population^² (1999)	35,478
- Density	2,574.6/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	44043/ 44400
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rezé is a commune in the département of Loire-Atlantique and the Pays de la Loire region of France. It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the south, across the Loire River. In the 1999 census, Rezé had a population of 35,478. Its land area is 13.78 km² (5.32 sq mi).

[edit] History

Rezé dates back to the Roman era, when it was known as Portus Ratiatus. It was inhabited by the Ambilatres, a Gallic tribe and was an important port on the southern shore of the Loire River, used as a place of commerce by several tribes in the region.