Villers-lès-Nancy

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Coordinates: 48°40′23″N, 6°09′16″E

Commune of Villers-lès-Nancy
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Time Zone CET (GMT +1)
Coordinates 48°40′23″N, 6°09′16″E
Administration
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Nancy
Canton Laxou
Intercommunality Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy
Mayor Pascal Jacquemin
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 224 m–381 m
(avg. 285 m)
Land area¹ 9.95 km²
Population²
(1999)		 15,694
 - Density 1,557/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 54578/ 54600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
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Coordinates: 48°40′23″N, 6°9′16″E

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 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.

[edit] Mayors list

[edit] Twin towns

[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

  1. Official website of Villers-lès-Nancy
  2. Nancy spéléodrome, localized on in Villers-lès-Nancy

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