The document summarizes the arrival and accommodation of refugees in Loire-Atlantique, France during World War 1. In August 1914, around 2,500 Italian refugees arrived, followed by Belgian and French refugees later that month. Between 1915-1916, refugees from Croatia, Slovenia, Russia and Greece also came to Loire-Atlantique, bringing the total number of refugees in the department to 61,000, most of whom settled in Nantes. While some locals felt the town was too generous towards refugees, the local council and refugee aid associations worked to provide housing, food and clothing for the thousands of refugees displaced by World War 1.

1. Refugees in Loire-Atlantique
during World War One
5th
of august 1914
First wave of around
2500 italian réfugees.
From the 26th
of August
Belgian and French refugees
came in Nantes.
1915-1916
Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Greek... refugees came also in
Loire-Atlantique
61 000 refugees in the department
51 800 Frenches (whose 30 000 in Nantes), 8760 Belgians
(whose 3 500 in Nantes) and other refugees...
Train of Belgian Refugees at the Nantes's train station
The arrival of refugees is the first consequence of the war.

2. When the war finished
2000 to 3000 refugees placed definitively in the department.
Arrival of refugees at the Palice's port
Nantes inhabitants think that the town are too generous
with refugees.
Jules Galy, Mathilde Guichard et
Alexandre Pasco
Help for Belgian refugees
It was organised by an association directed by Nantes public
figures. They needed living, food, clothes, etc. But the local
council helped them and gived them living, food, clothes, etc.