Coordinates	52°4′34″N6°10′46 }}″N
Name	Nantes
Image coat of arms	Blason_Nantes.svg
Coat of arms legend	Coat of arms
City motto	("May Neptune favour the travellers") | longitude-1.55278 | latitude47.21806
Time zone	CET (GMT +1)
Region	Pays-de-la-Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	chief town of 11 cantons
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Mayor	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Party	PS
Term	2008–2014
Area km2	65.19
Population	283,025
Population date	2007 census
Population ranking	6th in France
Urban area km2	524.6
Urban area date	2008
Urban pop	580,502
Urban pop date	2007
Metro area km2	2,242.6
Metro area date	1999
Metro area pop	804,000
Metro area pop date	2008
Intercom	Urban Communityof Nantes
Insee	44109
Postal code	44000, 44100, 44200 and 44300
Dialling code	02
Website	Official website www.nantes.fr }}

Nantes () (, Gallo: ''Naunnt'') is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants.

Nantes is the capital city of the Pays de la Loire region and Loire-Atlantique département. It is also the major city of the historic province of Brittany, and culturally remains strongly identified with it.

In 2004, the ''Time'' magazine described Nantes as "the most liveable city in Europe". In 2010, Nantes was named a Hub city for innovation in the Innovation Cities Index by innovation agency, 2thinknow. The city was ranked 36th globally from 289 cities and 4th overall in France, behind Paris, Lyon and Strasbourg for innovation across multiple sectors of the economy.

Etymology

The name Nantes, pronounced in French, derives from that of its pre-Roman-era inhabitants, the Gaulish tribe known as the Namnetes, who founded a town there around 70 BC. The city was called Portus Namnetum during the Roman occupation that began in 56 BC. The inhabitants of Nantes are known in French as ''Nantais'' ().

Nantes' most common nickname is the ''Venice of the West'' (, ), a name owing to its position on the river delta of the Loire, the Erdre, and the Sèvre (whose tributaries were infilled in the early 20th century).

History

After having been occupied by the Gauls and the Romans, Nantes was Christianised in the 3rd century. The city was successively invaded by the Saxons (around 285), the Franks (around 500), the Britons (in the 6th and 7th centuries) and the Normans, who laid waste to it in 843: ''"The city of Nantes remained for many years deserted, devastated and overgrown with briars and thorns."'' The Chronicle of Nantes continues until the year 946, telling that Alain Barbe-Torte, grandson of Alan the Great, the last king of Brittany who was expelled by the Norse, drove them out and founded the Duchy of Brittany.

When the Duchy of Brittany was annexed by the kingdom of France in 1532, Nantes kept the Parliament of Brittany for a few years before it was moved to Rennes. In 1598, King Henry IV of France signed the Edict of Nantes here, which granted Protestants rights to their religion.

During the 18th century, prior to abolition of slavery, Nantes was the slave trade capital of France. This kind of trade led Nantes to become the largest port in France and a wealthy city. When the French Revolution broke out, Nantes chose to be part of it, although the whole surrounding region soon degenerated into an open civil war against the new republic known as the War in the Vendée. On 29 June 1793 the town was the site of a Republican victory in this war. The Loire was the site of thousands of executions by drowning, including those using the method which came to be known as the Republican marriage, in which a man and a woman were stripped naked, tied together, and thrown into the river.

In the 19th century, Nantes became an industrial city. The first public transport anywhere may have been the omnibus service initiated in Nantes in 1826. It was soon imitated in Paris, London and New York. The first railways were built in 1851 and many industries were created. In 1940, the city was occupied by German troops. In 1941, the assassination of a German officer, Lt. Col. Fritz Hotz, caused the retaliatory execution of 48 civilians. The city was twice severely bombed by British forces, on 16 and 23 August 1943, before being liberated by the Americans in 1944.

Until the 1970s, Nantes' harbour was located on the Île de Nantes, when it was moved to the very mouth of the Loire River, at Saint-Nazaire. In the subsequent 20 years, many service sector organisations moved into the area, but economic difficulties forced most of these to close. In 2001, a major redevelopment scheme was launched, the goal of which is to revitalise the island as the new city centre. In 2003, the French weekly ''L'Express'' voted Nantes to be the "greenest city" in France, while in both 2003 and 2004 it was voted the "best place to live" by the weekly Le Point. In August 2004, ''TIME'' designated Nantes as "the most livable city in all of Europe."

Geography

Nantes is located on the banks of the Loire River, at the confluence of the Erdre and the Sèvre Nantaise, 55 km (35 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean. The city was built in a place where many branches of the Loire river created several islands, but most of those branches were filled in at the beginning of the 20th century (and the confluence with the Erdre river diverted and covered) due to the increasing car traffic.

Nantes is the central point of the land hemisphere (the half of the earth containing the largest possible area of land)

Climate

About 50 kilometres away from the coast, Nantes has generally cool winters and mild summers, with rainfalls at least every week, which makes Nantes a temperate city, though winters can bring freezing temperatures and occasional hot spells in summer, especially during the month of July.

Politics

Nantes is the ''préfecture'' (capital city) of both the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' and the Pays de la Loire ''région''.

The Nantes metropolitan area (''Nantes Métropole'') is the intercommunal structure connecting the city of Nantes with nearby suburbs. It had a 1999 population of 554,478, 48.7% of which comprised the city of Nantes. The current mayor of Nantes is Jean-Marc Ayrault (PS), first elected in 1989 and now serving a sixth term, until 2014.

Neighbourhoods

Since 1995, Nantes has been divided into 11 neighbourhoods, each resembling a historic city quarter. Each of these neighbourhoods is controlled by a ''Comité Consultatif'' (Consultative Committee), comprising directly elected officials and a team of municipal members, similar to a New England board of selectmen. These neighbourhoods are: {| |- |valign=top|

Centre-ville

Bellevue-Chantenay-Sainte Anne

Dervallières-Zola

Hauts-Pavés-Saint-Félix

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Malakoff-Saint-Donatien

Île de Nantes

Breil-Barberie

Nantes-Nord

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Nantes-Erdre

Bottière-Doulon

Nantes-Sud

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Nine of these neighbourhoods are situated on the right bank of the Loire, one is on the left bank, and one is on the Île de Nantes island.

Nantes and Brittany

The city of Nantes, and the Loire-Atlantique ''département'', were formerly part of the historic province of Brittany; Nantes was one of its traditional capitals, along with Rennes.

Historically, the country around Nantes (; ; Gallo: ''Paeï de Nàntt'') was always seen as being part of Brittany. In 1207, the Dukes of Brittany made Nantes their home, building the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany on the banks of the Loire. Most of the dukes and duchesses were buried in either the cathedral or the nearby abbeys.

In 1789, the separation of the historical provinces of France resulted in Brittany being split in five; the lower of the five, ''Loire-Inférieure'' (today Loire-Atlantique) was where Nantes was situated. As such, Brittany as an administrative region did not exist during the 19th and early 20th centuries, although it did still exist culturally and informally. When regional regroupments during the 20th century resulted in the reinstatement of the regions, Loire-Atlantique found itself split from the other four ''départements'' by the Vichy regime in 1941; a new ''région'' had been created centred on Nantes, the Pays de la Loire.

Much debate surrounding this move persists. Those against (sometimes called the ''Breton militants'') maintain that the separation was made by a non-democratically elected government, and that Loire-Atlantique is culturally, historically and geographically united to Brittany; those in favour argue that any reunification would reopen a "quarrel of the capitals" between Nantes and Rennes, and that it would be fatal to the Pays de la Loire ''région''.

The issue of language is also relevant; in Upper Brittany (locally called ''Bretagne Gallèse'' or ''Haute Bretagne'') Romance languages especially the local Gallo, as well as French, have long had more influence than Breton. However, in many large cities, including Nantes and Saint-Brieuc, the Breton language has sometimes been spoken more widely than Gallo by the very urban and ''bourgeois'' population there (even though in ''Le Pays Nantais'' the opposite was true). In recent years, many bilingual plaques have appeared on tourist attractions in the city, with the help of the Ofis ar Brezhoneg (; ).

Most recently, on 15 May 2004, a hastily organized demonstration in Nantes calling for the reunification of Brittany attracted 6,000 participants, while in five surveys on the issue, between 62% and 75% of the population of Loire-Atlantique have come out in favour of reunification.

In 2008, 1.4% of the children in Nantes attended the bilingual schools for primary.

Education

Colleges and universities

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Audencia Nantes; school of management

École d'architecture de Nantes

Ecole Atlantique de Commerce

École centrale de Nantes

École de design Nantes Atlantique

École de Management à Nantes (part of the IDRAC International School of Management network)

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École des mines de Nantes

École nationale d'ingénieurs des techniques des industries agricoles et alimentaires

École nationale vétérinaire de Nantes; one of four national schools of veterinary medicine in France

École polytechnique de l'université de Nantes

École Supérieure du bois

Université de Nantes; founded in 1460, reestablished in Nantes in 1962

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Transport

The first organized omnibus transit system within a city appears to have originated in Nantes in 1826. The current network operated by Tan network includes three tramway lines, one bus rapid transit route (known as BusWay), dozens of bus routes, an express bus between Nantes Atlantique Airport, and the city centre (known as ''Tan Air''), three navibuses lines and four suburban train lines (operated by SNCF and running on four intercity train lines within the city's limits). Longer distance travel throughout the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' is operated by Lila network, which runs interurban buses. The Tramway de Nantes originally began operation in 1879, but this first generation network closed in 1958. A new generation of tram lines opened in 1985, and the tram network is now the longest in France. The tram network, also part of the Tan network, shares a common ticketing system with buses and other modes within that network.

Nantes railway station lies on a number of rail lines. Nantes is connected by TGV (high speed train) to Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, and Strasbourg, with trains to Paris via the LGV Atlantique taking just over 2 hours. By Corail, Nantes is connected to Quimper, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Lyon, and Toulouse. The regional trains and buses of the TER Pays de la Loire provide links to Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Le Mans, La Roche sur Yon, and many other regional cities.

Nantes was formerly a major commercial port, with port facilities on the River Loire in the city centre. Much of the commercial traffic has since migrated downstream, principally to the area around Saint-Nazaire, although the river remains navigable to ocean-going ships as far as Nantes. River cruises operate on both the Loire and its tributary the Erdre. The Tan network also includes three urban water bus routes on both rivers (known as Navibus).

Nantes Atlantique Airport, located 8 km to the south-west of the city centre, serves the city and surrounding areas. It is the biggest airport in western France, linking with several French and European cities, as well as Montreal in Canada and some northern Africa cities. It is currently planned that this airport will be replaced by the Aéroport du Grand Ouest, that will be situated 30 km to the north-west of Nantes in the ''commune'' of Notre-Dame-des-Landes. The €580 million project was approved in February 2008, with construction expected to start in 2012 and an opening date in 2015.

Main sights

Castles, churches and mosques

Château des ducs de Bretagne (Castle of the Dukes of Brittany).

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

Église Notre-Dame de Bon-Port (Basilica of Saint-Louis).

Église Saint-Nicolas (Basilica of Saint Nicolas, 1844).

Église Sainte-Croix (Church of the Holy Cross).

Église Saint-Clément.

Église Saint-Similien

Église Saint-Donatien et Saint-Rogatien.

Église Saint-Félix (former bishop of Nantes).

Église Sainte-Thérèse.

Église Saint-Pasquier.

Temple de la glande.

Nantes has two mosques:

Mosquée Arrahma

Mosquée des Turcs (photo)

A third (Mosquée Assalam) is under construction.

Museums

Musée d'histoire de Nantes (Nantes History Museum); located inside the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes (Fine Arts Museum of Nantes).

Muséum d'histoire naturelle (Natural History museum).

Musée Thomas Dobrée (Thomas Dobrée archaeological museum).

Musée Jules Verne (Jules Verne museum).

Musée naval ''Maillé-Brézé'' (naval museum).

The Pays de la Loire regional contemporary art collection.

The Planetarium.

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Historical places

The Isle of Nantes; a former shipyard turned into a leisure and cultural site, including the Machines of the Isle of Nantes permanent exhibition.

Passage Pommeraye; 19th century galleria with shopping.

''Brasserie La Cigale''; described by Jean-Louis Trintignant as "perhaps the most beautiful brasserie in the world."

Place du Commerce; the city's main square.

Place Royale; a historic square located in the heart of the city, recently renewed.

Place Graslin; a historic place featuring the Theatre of Nantes and famous brasserie ''La Cigale''.

Crebillon street and Orleans street lined with luxury boutiques linked by the Place Royale.

The new ''Palais de Justice'' (court house); built in 2000 and designed by Jean Nouvel.

''La Tour LU'' (the LU Tower); a tower standing the entrance of the former Lefèvre-Utile biscuit factory.

Beaujoire Stadium; Nantes' largest sports stadium, home of FC Nantes football club.

''Le Marché de Talensac'' (Talensac Market); the main and historical public market.

Gardens and parks

Jardin des plantes de Nantes

The Parc de Procé (Park of Procé)

Leisure

Nantes has several cinemas including:

Gaumont Nantes; centrally located at Place du Commerce in the heart of the city.

Concorde; a historic cinema in central Nantes.

Pathé Atlantis; Nantes' biggest cinema, also located in the borough of Saint-Herblain, in the Atlantis commercial zone.

Concert halls

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Nantes Zénith (concert hall); France's largest and newest, which can hold 8,500 people.

Théâtre Graslin (Graslin Theatre); ''Angers-Nantes opera'' house with the ''Grand Théâtre'' of Angers & historic theatre.

Lieu Unique; located in the former LU biscuit factory.

Olympic; built in an old cinema in 1927.

Carrière; located in the borough of Saint-Herblain.

Trocardière; located in the borough of Rezé.

Onyx; located in the Atlantis commercial zone, designed by Jean Nouvel.

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Pannonica.

Cité des congrès.

Terrain Neutre Théatre.

Bouche D'Air.

Theatre universitaire (''University Theatre'').

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Culture

Cultural events

Nantes hosts quite a few cultural events of note, of which these are just a few:

Estuaire, a contemporary art exhibition that takes place every two years between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire (along the Loire estuary).

Les Rendez-vous de l'Erdre, a jazz festival centered around the Erdre river.

Les rencontres du fleuve, a festival centered around ships and the river.

Le Festival Eidos du film d'environnement et de développement durable, a cinema festival themed around the environment and sustainability.

The Festival des trois continents, dedicated to African, Asian and South American cinema.

La Folle Journée, a classical music festival,

Les Utopiales, international science fiction convention,

The Festival Voisinages, various theatre performances (Théâtre du Grand T, Théâtre universitaire de Nantes, salle Onyx de Saint-Herblain).

Sport

The local football team is FC Nantes, members of the Championnat Ligue 2 for 2011-12 season but previously French champions on eight occasions and Coupe de France winners three times. Former players include: Didier Deschamps, Marcel Desailly and Fabien Bartez who were members of the France team that won the 1998 World Cup whilst other notable players are Maxime Bossis, Philippe Gondet, Henri Michel and Mickaël Landreau.

Gregory Tade, who played for Scottish club Raith Rovers, was born in Nantes.

During the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, Nantes hosted a number of matches including England against Samoa and Wales against Fiji.

Music and artistic creation

There are quite a few bands from Nantes who play different genres but are not well known outside of France.

The Celtic band ''Tri Yann'' was originally known as ''Tri Yann an Naoned'' (the three Johns from Nantes). The DJ group ''C2C'', champion of the Disco Mix Club World Team DJ Championship four years in a row (2003–2006) is native of Nantes.

The DJ Madeon is a native of Nantes, and produces many remixes and original mixes.

To see a list of Bands from Nantes, see :fr:Rock à Nantes (French).

Royal de Luxe street theater company, famous for its performance featuring giant puppets, is based in Nantes.

Food

Galettes, which are a heavier, less sweet version of the crepe, are traditional fare in Bretagne, the region in which Nantes resides. Galettes can be eaten at any time of the day, feature buckwheat flour, and are usually filled with meat, eggs, cheese, or a variety of other things. However, they are much less of a dessert food than the traditional crepes.

Media

Local television channels

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Nantes 7.

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Télénantes.

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France 3 Pays de la Loire.

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Radio stations

''Nova @ 87.8''

''Rires Et Chansons @ 88.4''

''MFM Sud Loire @ 88.8''

''Alouette @ 89.5''

''RFM @ 90.1''

''France-Inter @ 90.6''

''JET FM @ 91.2''

''Radio Prun' @ 92.0''

''Radio SUN @ 93.0''

''Virgin Radio @ 94.7''

''FIP Nantes @ 95.7''

''AlterNantesFM @ 98.1''

''Hit West @ 100.9''

''Radio France Bleu Loire-Ocean @ 101.8''

''NRJ @ 102.4''

''Fidélité @ 103.8''

''RTL @ 104.3''

''Europe 1 @ 104.7''

''France Infos @ 105.5''

''Cherie FM @ 106.2''

''Radio Classique @ 106.7''

''BFM @ 107.2''

Local newspapers

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''Ouest France''

''L'Eclair''

''Le Journal Des Entreprises''

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''Nantes Poche''

''Nouvel Ouest''

''Presse Ocean''

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''Kostar''

''La Lettre A Lulu''

''Le Mois Nantais''

''Fragil''

''Métro''

''20 Minutes''

''Nantes Attitude''

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''Nantes Passion''

''Pil''

''Pulsomatic''

''People Nantes''

''INSITU Nantes''

''Bretagne Plus''

''Direct Soir''

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''Nantes Metropole''

''Nantes Métropole Développement''

''La ville de Nantes''

''Garde d'enfants à Nantes ''

''L'office de tourisme''

''L'aéroport de Nantes''

''Université de Nantes''

Famous ''Nantais''

Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of France (the only woman to have married two kings of France, Charles VIII and Louis XII)

Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer and professor (Prix de Rome laureate)

Claire Bretécher, cartoonist

Aristide Briand, French statesman (1926 Nobel Peace Prize laureate)

Claude Cahun (born Lucy Schwob), photographer and author

Pierre Cambronne, general (commander of the Old Guard at Waterloo)

Jacques Cassard, corsair

Jeanne Cherhal, singer and songwriter

Jacques Demy, movie director

Jean Graton, cartoonist (creator of "Michel Vaillant")

Linda Hardy, actress and top model (Miss France 1992)

Paul Ladmirault, composer

Julien de Lallande Poydras, New Orleans member of the United States House of Representatives

Christophe-Léon-Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, general and politician (commander of the Papal army)

Suzanne Malherbe (aka Marcel Moore), illustrator and designer

Patrice Martin, water skier (12-time world champion)

Anna Mouglalis, actress

Benoit Regent, actor

Claude Sérillon, journalist

Éric Tabarly, sailor

Jérémy Toulalan, footballer

Jules Verne, author

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, politician

Paul de la Gironière, king of Jalajala

Jean-Luc Courcoult, founder and director of Royal de Luxe street theater company

International relations

Twin towns

Nantes has town twinning and cooperation agreements with: {| cellpadding="10" |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom since 1964. Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1965. Tbilisi, Georgia, since 1979. Bainbridge Island, Washington, U.S., since 1980. Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., since 1985. || Cluj-Napoca, Romania, since 1991. Rufisque, Senegal, since 1992. Agadir, Morocco, since 1993. Niigata, Japan, since 1999. Cochabamba, Bolivia, since 1999. || Dschang, Cameroon, since 2002. Recife, Brazil, since 2003. Durban, South Africa, since 2004. Qingdao, China, since 2005. Suncheon, South Korea, since 2007. |}

Friendship relations

The city has friendship relations with: Guinea, since 1992. St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S., since 1993. Jericho, West Bank, since 2001. Desdunes and Petionville, Haiti, since 2005. Nantes, Quebec, Canada, since 2009.

References

Notes

External links

Official website of the city of Nantes Nantes Tourist Office Official Website (TAN) Nantes public transport official website Nantes Atlantique International Airport website Official website of Nantes' Castle Rugby World Cup 2007 in Nantes

A Photo Gallery of Nantes

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Coordinates	52°4′34″N6°10′46 }}″N
name	Jools Holland
background	solo_singer
birth name	Julian Miles Holland
birth date	January 24, 1958
birth place	Blackheath, London, England
instrument	Piano, keyboard, guitar
genre	Boogie-woogie, jazz, blues, R&B;
occupation	Musician, composer, television presenter, bandleader
years active	1974–present
associated acts	Squeeze Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
website	Official site }}

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze, and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Who, David Gilmour and Bono.

Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own and contributes to radio shows. In 2004, he collaborated with Tom Jones on an album of traditional R&B; music. He currently hosts ''Later... with Jools Holland'', a music-based show aired on BBC2, on which his annual show the Hootenanny, is based.

Life and career

Holland played as a session musician before finding fame, and his first studio session was with Wayne County & the Electric Chairs in 1976 on their track "F*ck Off."

Holland was a founding member of the British pop band Squeeze, formed in March 1974, in which he played keyboards until 1981 and helped the band to achieve millions of record sales, before pursuing his solo career.

Holland began issuing solo records in 1978, his first EP being ''Boogie Woogie '78''. He continued his solo career through the early 1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and 1984. He branched out into TV, co-presenting the Newcastle-based TV music show ''The Tube'' with Paula Yates. Holland achieved notoriety by inadvertently using the phrase "groovy fuckers" in a live, early evening TV trailer for the show, causing it to be suspended for six weeks. He referred to this in his sitcom "The Groovy Fellers" with Rowland Rivron.

thumb|right|Holland at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, 22 January 2005In 1983 Holland played an extended piano solo on The The's re-recording of "Uncertain Smile" for the album ''Soul Mining''. In 1985, Squeeze (which had continued in Holland's absence through to 1982) unexpectedly regrouped including Jools Holland as their keyboard player. Holland remained in the band until 1990, at which point, he again departed Squeeze on amicable terms to resume his solo career as a musician and a TV host.

In 1987, Holland formed The ''Jools Holland Big Band'' which consisted of himself and Gilson Lavis from Squeeze. This gradually became his 18-piece Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.

Between 1988 and 1990 he performed and co-hosted along with David Sanborn during the two seasons of the music performance program Sunday Night on NBC late-night television. Since 1992 he has presented the eclectic music program ''Later... with Jools Holland'', plus an annual New Year's Eve "Hootenanny".

In 1996 Holland signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records and his records are now marketed through Rhino Records.

Holland has a touring band, The Rhythm And Blues Orchestra, which often includes singers Sam Brown and Ruby Turner. In January 2005 Holland and his band performed with Eric Clapton as the headline act of the Tsunami Relief Cardiff. He also headlined the Skegness SO Festival in July 2010.

Personal

Holland is a fan of the 1960s TV series ''The Prisoner''. He owns costumes and props from the series, and occasionally appears wearing the trademark brown-with-white-pipe blazer featured in the series. Holland lives in the Westcombe Park area of Blackheath in southeast London, where he had his studio, Helicon Mountain, built to his design, heavily inspired by Portmeirion, the setting for ''The Prisoner''. In 1987, Holland demonstrated his love of the series and starred in a spoof documentary, ''The Laughing Prisoner'', with Stephen Fry, Terence Alexander and Hugh Laurie. Much of it was shot on location in Portmeirion, with archive footage of Patrick McGoohan, and featuring musical numbers from Siouxsie and the Banshees, Magnum and XTC. Holland performed a number towards the end of the program. Holland is also a Millwall FC fan. His younger brother Christopher also plays organ in the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra as well as being a successful singer/songwriter in his own right.

Holland was an interviewer for The Beatles Anthology TV project, and appeared in the 1997 film ''Spiceworld'' as a musical director.

He received an OBE in 2003 in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, for services to the British music industry as a television presenter and musician. In September 2006 Holland was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent. He is also known for his charity work: in June 2006 he performed in Southend for HIV/AIDS charity Mildmay, and in early 2007 he performed at Wells and Rochester Cathedrals to raise money for maintaining cathedral buildings. He is also patron of the Drake Music Project and has raised many thousands of pounds for the charity.

Jools Holland was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University at a ceremony held at Canterbury Cathedral on 30 January 2009.

On 29 August 2005 Holland married Christabel McEwen, his girlfriend of 15 years (between 1983 and 1995 she had been married to Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, but they divorced). The wedding, at St James's Church, Cooling near Rochester, was attended by many celebrities, including Ringo Starr, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Noel Gallagher, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

Writing

His 2007 autobiography, ''Barefaced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts'' was BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week" in the week beginning 8 October 2007 and was read by Holland. He is the author or joint author of four other books.

Discography

Albums that have charted and gained Certifications

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1996	''Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll''
1998	''Best Of''				UK">Music recording sales certifications
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1996	''Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll''
1998	''Best Of''				UK: Silver
2000	''Hop The Wag''				* UK: Silver
2001	''Small World Big Band''				* UK: 2× Platinum
2002	''SWBB Volume Two: More Friends''				* UK: Platinum
2003	''Jack O The Green (SWBB Friends 3)''				* UK: Silver
2005	''Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska''
2007	''Best of Friends''				* UK: Silver
2011	''Finding The Keys - The Best of''

Releases

1978 "Boogie Woogie '78" (EP)

1981 ''Jools Holland and His Millionaires''

1984 ''Jools Holland Meets Rock 'A' Boogie Billy'' (U.S. release only)

1990 ''World Of His Own''

1991 ''The Full Complement''

1992 "Together Again" (single with Sam Brown)

1992 ''The A-Z Geographer's Guide To The Piano''

1994 ''Solo Piano''

1994 ''Live Performance''

1996 ''Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll''

1997 ''Lift The Lid''

1998 ''Best Of''

1999 ''Sunset Over London''

2000 ''Hop The Wag''

2001 ''Small World Big Band''

2002 ''SWBB Volume Two: More Friends''

2003 ''Jack O The Green (SWBB Friends 3)''

2004 ''Tom Jones & Jools Holland''

2005 ''Beatroute''

2005 ''Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska''

2006 ''Moving Out To The Country''

2007 ''Best of Friends''

2008 ''The Collection''

2008 ''The Informer (With Ruby Turner)''

2008 ''"The Informer" (single with Ruby Turner)''

2009 ''"I Went By" (single with Louise Marshall)''

2010 ''Rockinghorse''

Film and television

1981 ''Urgh! A Music War''

1982 ''Police: Around the World''

1982 - 1987 ''The Tube'' (Host for 121 editions)

1983 ''Rebellious Jukebox'': Compere

1984 ''The Young Ones'': Punk (Episode entitled "Summer Holiday")

1985 ''Walking To New Orleans'' (Jools Holland in New Orleans)

1987 ''Eat the Rich'': Sun Reporter

1987 ''Filthy Rich & Catflap'': Strip Show Pianist (Episode #1.3)

1987 ''The Laughing Prisoner'': No. 7

1987 ''French and Saunders'' (Episode 1.5)

1988 ''Sunday Night'': Host (unknown episodes)

1989 ''Juke Box Jury'': Host (unknown episodes)

1989 ''The Groovy Fellers'' Himself, 6 episodes

1991 ''Mr Roadrunner'' (Jools Holland in Memphis)

1994 ''There's No Business'': Pianist

1994 - 1995 ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush''

1995 ''The Beatles Anthology''

1997 ''Spice World'': Musical Director

1997 ''Name That Tune'': Host and Pianist

2003 ''Jool's History of the Piano'' : Presenter

2006 ''Top Gear: Star in a reasonably priced car.

2007 ''Fairport@Forty'': Interview

2009 ''Chop Shop Rover Concept: The Jet 1 Car'' : Customer

Current television programmes

1992–present ''Later... with Jools Holland''

2000–present ''Jools' Annual Hootenanny''

Books

''"Rolling Stones": A Life on the Road'', (with Dora Loewenstein), Viking/Allen Lane (1998), (ISBN 0-670-88051-5)

''Beat Route: Journeys Through Six Counties'', Weidenfeld & Nicholson (1998), (ISBN 0-575-06700-4)

''Ray Charles: Man and Music'', (with Michael Lydon), Payback Press (1999), (ISBN 0-86241-929-8)

''Hand That Changed Its Mind '', International Music Publications (2007), (ISBN 1-84328-645-9)

''Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts '', Michael Joseph Ltd (2007), (ISBN 0-7181-4915-7)

References

External links

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Coordinates	52°4′34″N6°10′46 }}″N
Name	Renan Luce
Background	solo_singer
Origin	french
Born	March 05, 1980Paris, France
Labels barclay universal site officiel	Site Officiel
Genre	French chanson
Occupation	singer/songwriter/ married to valentine sphor
Instrument	Guitar Vocals
First album	Repenti
Latest album	le clan des mirors
Website	Official website }}

Renan Luce (born 5 March 1980, Paris) is a French singer and songwriter. His songs are inspired by the 20th century singer and songwriter Georges Brassens and depict everyday life with a dose of humour and poetry.

Biography and musical career

Born in Paris, Luce spent all his childhood and adolescence in Plourin-les-Morlaix, Brittany.

His musical career started in a choir with his brother Damien and his sister Claire, afterwards he began classical piano at the conservatory of Brest and then at Saint-Brieuc. He gave up the piano for the saxophone and then taught himself the guitar on which he composed his first songs.

After two years of preparatory classes in Rennes, where he performed in bars and at a few festivals (e.g., support act for Matmatah), he was admitted to the superior school of commerce in Toulouse. He is married to Lolita Sechan, the daughter of Renaud.

He has been successful in France with the songs like "Les Voisines" and "La Lettre".

In September 2006 Renan Luce released his first album ''Repenti'' that comprises 13 tracks + 3 live versions. The album ended up selling more than 800.000 copies. # ''Les Voisines'' # ''Repenti'' # ''Le Lacrymal Circus'' # ''Je suis une feuille'' # ''La Lettre'' # ''Chien mouillé'' # ''Monsieur Marcel'' # ''24h01'' # ''Camelote'' # ''Mes racines'' # ''I Was Here'' # ''Nuit blanche'' # ''L'Iris et la Rose'' # ''Les Voisines'' (live) # ''Monsieur Marcel'' (live) # ''La Lettre'' (live)

On October 2009 Renan Luce released his second studio album ''Le Clan des Miros'', album that includes "On est pas à une bêtise prês", a song from the movie "Le petit Nicolas" original Soundtrack."j'adore anya" # ''Le clan des Miros'' # ''La fille de la bande'' # ''Les gens sont fous'' # ''Nantes'' # ''Rue de l’oiseau lyre'' # ''Chez toi'' # ''Ridicule'' # ''Grand-père'' # ''Grand-père II'' # ''On n’est pas à une bêtise près'' # ''Aux timides anonymes'' # ''Femme à lunettes''

External links

Official website

MySpace page

Category:French male singers Category:French-language singers Category:Living people Category:1980 births

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