Nièvre is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. Named after the river Nièvre, it had a population of 204,452 in 2019. Its prefecture is Nevers.
Pays de la Loire is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of France. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises".
A regional council is the elected assembly of a region of France.
Jean-Marc Ayrault is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2012 to 31 March 2014. He later was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2017. He previously was Mayor of Nantes from 1989 to 2012 and led the Socialist Party group in the National Assembly from 1997 to 2012.
Hervé Novelli is a French politician of Italian origin, and a past member of the UDF group. He was a deputé in the Assemblée Nationale for the Indre-et-Loire département from 2002 to 2007, having previously been a député from 1993–1997. He has also served as a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2002 and as vice-president of the Indre et Loire local government from 1998 to 2001. He is also mayor of Richelieu since 2001. In June 2007, he became a member of the cabinet of Nicolas Sarkozy as an undersecretary for business and foreign trade. He was from March 2008 to 13 November 2010 an undersecretary for commerce, craftsmanship, small and medium businesses, tourism and services in the cabinet of Nicolas Sarkozy. In March 2006, he has created the association Les Réformateurs.
Riorges is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
The 1st constituency of Loire-Atlantique is a French legislative constituency in the Loire-Atlantique département, covering the western part of the city of Nantes. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.
Christophe Sirugue was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. He is vice-president of the French National Assembly since 2012.
Dino Cinieri is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who serves as a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Loire department.
Franck Gilard was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017, representing the 5th constituency of the Eure department, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
François Rochebloine is a former member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Loire's 3rd constituency, and is a member of the New Centre. The Azerbaijani government has blacklisted Rochebloine who visited Nagorno-Karabakh in June 2010 without Baku’s permission.
Gérard Voisin is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Jean-Louis Gagnaire was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2017. He represented Loire's 2nd constituency, as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
Marc Le Fur is a French politician who has represented the 3rd constituency of the Côtes-d'Armor department in the National Assembly since 2002. A member of The Republicans (LR), he previously held the seat from 1993 to 1997.
Michel Ménard was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency from 2007 to 2017, as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
Philippe Vigier is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as Minister of the Overseas in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2023. He previously represented the 4th constituency of the Eure-et-Loir department in the National Assembly from 2007 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Movement, which he joined in 2020 upon leaving The Centrists. Vigier has also held a seat in the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire since 2021, previously holding office from 1995 to 2014.
Régis Juanico is a French politician of Génération.s who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2022, representing Loire's 1st constituency. He is a former member of the Socialist Party.
Sabine Thillaye is a French-German entrepreneur and politician who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the 5th constituency of the departement of Indre-et-Loire. She was elected as a member of La République En Marche!, but left the party in 2020 and was one of the 17 initial members of the new Ecology Democracy Solidarity group in the National Assembly.
Matthieu Orphelin is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing Maine-et-Loire.
The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Centre Val de Loire or INSA CVL is one of the 210 Grande Ecole d’Ingénieurs, an engineering school, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research. Situated in the French province of Centre Val de Loire, this school is one of the public engineering institutes that make up the INSA's network.
