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The "île de Nantes" is an island located in the centre of the city of Nantes, France, surrounded by two branches of the Loire River - the "bras de la Madeleine" at the north and the "bras de Pirmil" at the south. It is one of the eleven neighbourhoods of Nantes.OverviewThe island, 4.9km long and 1km wide, is the result of the reunion of a set of several small islands in the centre of Nantes, separated by the branches of the Loire river (sometimes referred to locally as the "Boire", as in "Boire des Récollets, the "boire de Toussaint" or even the "boire de la Biesse"). Those branches were closed during the 19th and 20th centuries. Among those islands, there were the "île Beaulieu", the "île Sainte-Anne", the "prairie au Duc", the "prairie d'Aval", the "prairie d'Amont", the "prairie de Balagué", the "prairie de Pré-Joli", the "île de Petite Biesse" and the "île de Grande Biesse". It is one of the best parts of the city of Nantes and city of Nantes was recognized as European Green Capital in 2013. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/winning-cities/2013-nantes/.AccessThe "île de Nantes" is linked to the rest of the city by 13 bridges: 8 bridges cross the branch of the Madeleine: Éric Tabarly bridge Résal bridge Willy Brandt's bridge Aristide Briand bridge Général Audibert bridge Haudaudine bridge Passerelle Victor Schoelcher Anne-de-Bretagne bridge Léopold Sédar Senghor bridge Georges Clemenceau bridge Pirmil bridge Pornic bridge Trois continents bridge The Vendée's bridge is a railway bridge, which crosses the island, but there is no railway station on the island.