Ville de Rezé

About Ville de Rezé

Rezé, a town in the South of the Loire, is the third largest municipality in Nantes Métropole, with nearly 42,000 inhabitants. In terms of demographics, Rezé is the fourth largest town in the department after Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, and Saint-Herblain. The town was founded 2000 years ago. The Gallo-Roman ancestor of Rezé, Ratiatum, was founded between 10 BCE and 10 CE on the left bank of the Loire. It was a city that then covered 50 hectares and whose economy was based on maritime and river trade near another major city: Nantes (Condevicnum).