Villers-lès-Nancy
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| Commune of Villers-lès-Nancy | ||
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| Time Zone | CET (GMT +1) | |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Lorraine | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Nancy | |
| Canton | Laxou | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy | |
| Mayor | Pascal Jacquemin (2001-2008) |
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| Altitude | 224 m–381 m (avg. 285 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 9.95 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
15,694 | |
| - Density (1999) | 1,557/km² | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 54578/ 54600 | |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | ||
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Villers-lès-Nancy is a commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département situated in the Lorraine region in France. Inhabitants are known as Villarois.
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[edit] Geography
Villers-lès-Nancy is localized in the north-east of the France, in the south-east suburb 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 Montet botanic garden to the Brabois plateau,
- the Clairlieu quarter, in an large opening of the Haye forest, beyond the A 33.
The neighbourg communes of the Grand Nancy are : Laxou, Nancy and Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.
[edit] Mayors list
- 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
[edit] Twin towns
Oerlinghausen, Germany, 1988
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
- Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy (CUGN)
- Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Parts of this article come from the french version.
