La Baule-Escoublac, commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in Loire-Atlantique, a department in Pays de la Loire, western France. Iā¦La Baule-Escoublac, commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in Loire-Atlantique, a department in Pays de la Loire, western France. In 1879, when the Saint-Nazaire-Croisic railroad was conceived by Parisian industrialist Jules-Joseph Hennecart that the tourist potential of the coast was recognised.