Best practicesCreated on: 2 April 2026

Saint-Nazaire (France): new spaces for the port and promenade

Goal 8.4

Promoting the architectural and landscape integration of port facilities.

Challenge(s)

How can the port city interface be redesigned to improve the port-city connection?

Best Practice

By redesigning the road infrastructure linking the city and the port, the new interface can minimise the environmental footprint for port operations, enhance accessibility to port-city locations, and aid in port competitiveness overall. This restructuring can also lead to the creation of innovative areas, such as the waterfront residential district of Méan-Penhoët, where the port authority and municipality of Saint-Nazaire redeveloped the area next to the waterfront for the public to visit and live in. 

This good practice also includes objective 6.2 (Integrating spaces and functions open to residents and visitors alike into port facilities, enhancing the visibility of the port and its activities) of the AIVP’s 2030 Agenda.

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