FC Nantes Atlantique is a Frenchfootball team, playing in the city of Nantes. They won the French league in 1965, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1995, and 2001, and the french cup in 1979, 1999 and 2000. They also reached the semi-finals of European Chanpion's League in 1996 (beaten by Juventus Turin).
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Official website (http://www.fcna.fr/) (in French)
Nantes (Breton: Naoned; Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, near the Atlantic coast, with 711,120 inhabitants in the metropolitan area at the 1999 census.
Christianised in the 3rd century, Nantes was successively invaded by the Saxons (around 285), the Franks (around 500), the Britons (in the 6th and 7th centuries) and the Normans (in 843).
Formerly the capital of Brittany, Nantes was separated from the region by the Vichy government in June 1941.
Nantes was ravaged and held (843-936) by Norsemen and later (10th cent.) fell to the dukes of Brittany, who resided there until Brittany became part of France in 1524.
Nantes was a center of resistance to the German occupation in World War II, and its civilian population suffered ruthless reprisals.
Nantes is divided in 11 neighborhoods, 9 on the right bank of the Loire, 1 on the left bank and 1 on the Ile-de-Nantes island.
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