Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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Location within Lorraine region  Saint-Nicolas-de-Port | ||
| Coordinates: 48°37′54″N 6°18′11″E / 48.6317°N 6.3031°ECoordinates: 48°37′54″N 6°18′11″E / 48.6317°N 6.3031°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Lorraine | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Nancy | |
| Canton | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port | |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Sel et du Vermois | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Luc Binsinger | |
| Area | ||
| • Land1 | 8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999) | ||
| • Population2 | 7,505 | |
| • Population2 Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54483 / 54210 | |
| Elevation |
201–292 m (659–958 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 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. | ||
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
The town's basilica, Saint Nicolas is a pilgrimage site, supposedly holding relics of Saint Nicolas brought from Italy. Nicolas became the patron saint of the Duchy of Lorraine. The current basilica was built on the 15th and 16th centuries and has fine Renaissance stained glass windows. It is one of France's Monuments historiques.
Its inhabitants are known asPortois. In the past, the Portois were known as loudmouths; their neighbours across the Meurthe at Varangéville liked to gather on the opposite river bank to bombard them with a chorus indicating a wish to defecate in their mouths:
- Booyaî d'Senn 'Colais,
- Tend tet ghieule quand je...
which in the local Lorrain dialect means:
- Loudmouths of St Nicks,
- Open your gob when I'm taking a...[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p37, Picador (2007), ISBN 978-0-330-42761-6, citing Vital Collet "Sobriquets caractérisant les habitants de villages lorrains" in Le Pays lorrain, Nancy (1908), pp442-449 and Henri-Adolphe Labourasse, "Anciens us, coutumes, légendes, supersititions, préjugés, etc. du département de la Meuse" in Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et art de Bar-le-Duc, 1902, pp3-225
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