ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes
Notre-Dame-des-Landes · Pays de la Loire · France
A bocage area north of Nantes occupied since 2008 to block an airport, one of the longest territorial struggles in recent France. The State abandoned the project in January 2018 and partially evicted the zone in April. Many of those occupying it stayed on, formalising some fifteen collective farming projects, and transformed the former zad into commonly managed land, still in tension with the administration over land use.
- Led by
- Movimiento de personas ocupantes y colectivos agrícolas opuestos al aeropuerto
- Status
- Transformed
- Participation
- Community led
- Visitable
- Territorio agrícola habitado; acceso según proyectos, sin equipamiento turístico
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified primary and secondary source, reviewed within the last twelve months
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Notre-Dame-des-Landes : le projet d'aéroport est abandonné ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Reporterre
- Projet d'aéroport du Grand Ouest ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Wikipédia
- Notre-Dame-des-Landes : deux ans après l'abandon du projet, quel avenir pour l'ancienne zad ? ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · France 3 Pays de la Loire