Villers-lès-Nancy
Villers-lès-Nancy | |
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 The Remicourt chateau in Villers-lès-Nancy | |
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Location of Villers-lès-Nancy  | |
  Villers-lès-Nancy  Villers-lès-Nancy | |
| Coordinates:48°40′23″N6°09′17″E/ 48.6731°N 6.1547°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Nancy |
| Canton | Laxou |
| Intercommunality | Métropole du Grand Nancy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | François Werner[1] |
| Area 1 | 9.95 km2(3.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 14,761 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2(3,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54578/54600 |
| Elevation | 224–381 m (735–1,250 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft) |
| 1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villers-lès-Nancy(French pronunciation:[vilɛʁlɛnɑ̃si],literallyVillersnearNancy) is acommunein theMeurthe-et-Moselledepartmentin north-easternFrance.
Inhabitants are known asVillarois.
Geography
[edit]Villers-lès-Nancy is a suburb on the southwest ofNancy.The commune goes fromNancyto theHaye forest.
It is composed of three quarters:
- the Mairie-Placieux quarter, which is the closest toNancy,
- the Botanique-Village quarter, which goes from theJardin botanique du Montetto the Brabois plateau,
- the Clairlieu quarter, in a large opening of theHaye forest,beyond theA 33.
The neighbourhoodcommunesof theGrand Nancyare:Laxou,NancyandVandœuvre-lès-Nancy.
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 7,811 | — |
| 1975 | 14,084 | +8.79% |
| 1982 | 16,120 | +1.95% |
| 1990 | 16,515 | +0.30% |
| 1999 | 15,694 | −0.56% |
| 2007 | 15,115 | −0.47% |
| 2012 | 14,386 | −0.98% |
| 2017 | 14,415 | +0.04% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Points of interest
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Church of Saint-Fiacre. -
Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'enfant-Jésus. -
Church of Saint-Bernard (Clairlieu). -
Orthodox chapel of the Gauls. -
Major Seminar of l’Asnée. -
Ancient Cistercian abbey of the place-ditClairlieu.
Mayors
[edit]- 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
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Oerlinghausen,Germany,1988
Events
[edit]- Fête des Vendanges,awine harvest celebrationthat occurs at the end of August/beginning of September
- Faites du solaire,another feast that occurs each year in October
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises(in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE
External links
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