Rezé, town, industrial suburb of Nantes, Loire-Atlantique département, Pays de la Loire région, western France, on the south bank of the Loire River. Rezé occupies the site of a Gallo-Roman settlement, Ratiatum, remains of which survive. The modern Unité d’Habitation (model housing project) was designed by Le Corbusier. Pop. (1999) 35,478; (2014 est.) 39,505.