Sillon de Bretagne is a skyscraper in Saint-Herblain, a suburb of Nantes, in the Loire-Atlantique department of France. At 32-storeys, 97 m (318 ft) it was the tallest building in France when completed in 1969. With the structure's massive 425 m (1,394 ft) width, and a footprint of 36,200 meters square, it remains one of the largest buildings in Europe by volume, providing living and office accommodations for approximately 3,600 people. The roof top houses the antenna system for the Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) transmitter operated by Groupement des radios associatives de la métropole nantaise [fr] (GRAM).[4]

Sillon de Bretagne
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Residential condominiums
Architectural styleBrutalism
Location8 Avenue des Thébaudières
Saint-Herblain
Coordinates47°14′39″N 1°36′31″W / 47.2442°N 1.6087°W / 47.2442; -1.6087
Completed1969
Height
Antenna spire101 m (331 ft)
Roof97 m (318 ft)
Technical details
Floor count33
Other information
Number of units781
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  1. ^ "Emporis building ID 285796". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Sillon de Bretagne". SkyscraperPage.
  3. ^ Sillon de Bretagne at Structurae
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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