Films and series set in Pays de la Loire

22 films and series set here, plus 24 with only a filming location; ordered by French Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales.

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1NantesLa Reine blanche9
2SaumurEugénie Grandet1
3GuérandeMeurtres à Guérande1
4Île d'YeuMeurtres à l'île d'Yeu1
5Saint-Juire-ChampgillonL'Arbre, le Maire et la Médiathèque1

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Qu'est-ce qu'on a tous fait au Bon Dieu?2022 · film · Saumur · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#1478avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La Famille Bélier2014 · film · Mayenne
#2206avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La Baule-les-Pins1990 · film · Loire-Atlantique
#3156avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Voleuses2023 · film · circuit des 24 Heures du Mans · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#4108avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Grand Chemin1987 · film · Loire-Atlantique
#5102avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La Reine blanche1991 · film · Nantes
#676.4avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Vieux de la vieille1960 · film · Vendée
#776.2avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Lola1961 · film · Nantes
#866.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Eugénie Grandet2021 · film · Saumur
#950.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Chèvres !2024 · film · Le Mans · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#1042.8avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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