Bathing region · France
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire has 200 officially assessed bathing waters, 162 of them currently rated excellent water quality by the EEA (last updated July 2026).
Excellent 162Good 26Sufficient 9Poor 3
The Pays de la Loire region in France has 199 officially rated bathing sites. 159 out of 199 are rated 'excellent', 30 are rated good, 4 sufficient and 6 poor. The region is strongly shaped by the Atlantic coast: 151 bathing sites are coastal, 47 are at lakes and 2 at rivers. This makes it suitable for both sea swimmers and those looking for calmer inland waters. All official bathing sites can be filtered and sorted by quality and type on nextlake.eu.