Villers-lès-Nancy
| Villers-lès-Nancy | |
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![]() Villers-lès-Nancy  | |
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 Location within Lorraine region  ![]() Villers-lès-Nancy  | |
| Coordinates: 48°40′23″N 6°09′17″E / 48.6731°N 6.1547°ECoordinates: 48°40′23″N 6°09′17″E / 48.6731°N 6.1547°E | |
| 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)  | 
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 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.
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
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 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
- Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy (CUGN)
 - Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle
 
fête de vendanges qui se déroulr toujours le premier weekend de septembre
External links
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