Johanna Rolland (born 11 May 1979) is a French politician, belonging to the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. She is the current mayor of Nantes, being the first woman to hold this position. As of April 2014, she is one of six female mayors of French cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Rolland also serves as president of both the

Nantes Métropole The Nantes Metropolis (, ) is the '' métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nantes. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in January 2015, repl ...

and the Metropolitan Center of Nantes -

Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Oc ...

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1979 births Living people Mayors of Nantes Politicians from Pays de la Loire Women mayors of places in France Socialist Party (France) politicians 21st-century French women politicians Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres {{France-mayor-stub