Villers-lès-Nancy
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Country | France |
Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine |
Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
Arrondissement | Nancy |
Canton | Laxou |
Intercommunality | Grand Nancy |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Pascal Jacquemin |
Area1 | 9.95 km2 (3.84 sq mi) |
Population (2012)2 | 14,386 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
INSEE/Postal code | 54578 / 54600 |
Elevation | 224–381 m (735–1,250 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Villers-lès-Nancy is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
Inhabitants are known as Villarois.
Contents
Geography
Villers-lès-Nancy is a suburb on the southwest of Nancy. The commune goes from Nancy to the Haye forest.
It is composed of three quarters :
- the Mairie-Placieux quarter, which is the closest to Nancy,
- the Botanique-Village quarter, which goes from the Jardin botanique du Montet to the Brabois plateau,
- the Clairlieu quarter, in a large opening of the Haye forest, beyond the A 33.
The neighbourhood communes of the Grand Nancy are : Laxou, Nancy and Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.
Points of interest
Mayors
- François Villard, 1791
- Jean Claude Charbonnier, 1791
- François Villard, 1792
- Dieudonné Pierson, 1794
- François Villard, 1794
- Dieudonné Pierson, 1799
- François Houard, 1816
- Lefebvre, 1821
- Jean Claude Clement, 1831
- François Pierson, 1848
- Amédée Lefebre de Monjoie, 1871
- Hubert Simon, 1875
- Louis Valet, 1888
- Anatole de Scitivaux de Greische, 1900
- Louis Porry, 1912
- Louis Pierson de Brabois, 1915
- Charles Oudille, 1919
- Hyppolyte Briot, 1927
- Albert Cattenoz, 1935
- Martial Mourot, 1942
- Maurice Andre, 1944
- Raymond Villaume, 1945
- James Moisson, 1947
- Paul Muller, 1965
- Jean Bernardaux, 1980
- Pascal Jacquemin, 2001
Twin towns
- Oerlinghausen, Germany, 1988
Events
- Fête des Vendanges, a wine harvest celebration that occurs at the end of August/beginning of September
- Faites du solaire, another feast that occurs each year in October
See also
fête de vendanges qui se déroulr toujours le premier weekend de septembre
External links
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