Noë Mitrie park, Public park in Malakoff - Saint-Donatien district, Nantes, France.
Noë Mitrie park covers 1.72 hectares in Nantes, with two large paddling pools, children's playgrounds, and planting of Louisiana bald cypress and heath-soil plants. The photograph shows bare dirt and gravel paths bordered by bright green grass, five tall leafless cypresses with thick dark gray trunks, a red slide and climbing structure on a green base, a black cylindrical trash can, and two low wooden benches with a light wood picnic table.
Established in 1951 by Nantes municipality after purchasing property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roy, the park was developed on previously flood-prone land crossed by the stream called « Gué robert ».
The name « Noë » derives from the local term for « noue » meaning wetland, reflecting the original geographical characteristics of this marshy area transformed into a family recreational space over decades.
Open daily from 8:45 AM to 7:30 PM during normal season and until 5:00 PM in winter, the park is accessible via bus lines 10, 11, and 12 serving the nearby Mitrie stop.
The bald cypresses here grow on ground that was once crossed by the Gué Robert stream and flooded regularly. The species, native to the southern United States, is one of the few conifers that loses its needles in winter, so the tall gray trunks stand bare from late autumn to spring.
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