ST. NAZAIRE,Loire-Inferieure,France,1800s Antique Map ST. NAZAIRE,Loire-Inferieure ,France,1800s Antique Map HISTORICAL MAP CHART ST NAZAIRE, a town of western France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Loire-Inferieure, 40 m. W.N.W. of Nantes by rail and 29 m. by river. St Nazaire, situated on the right bank of the Loire at its mouth, is a modern town with straight thoroughfares crossing one another at right angles. It possesses nothing of antiquarian interest except a granite dolmen 10 ft. long and 5 ft. wide resting horizontally on two other stones sunk in the soil, above which they rise 6| ft. The only noteworthy building is a modern church in the Gothic style of the i4th century. The harbour, which constitutes the outport of Nantes and is accessible to ships of the largest size, is separated from the estuary by a narrow strip of land, and comprises an outer harbour and entrance, two floating docks (the old dock and the Penhouet dock), three graving docks, and the ex