Villers-lès-Nancy

Villers-lès-Nancy
The Remicourt chateau in Villers-lès-Nancy
The Remicourt chateau in Villers-lès-Nancy
Coat of arms of Villers-lès-Nancy
Location of Villers-lès-Nancy
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Villers-lès-Nancy is located in France
Villers-lès-Nancy
Villers-lès-Nancy
Villers-lès-Nancy is located in Grand Est
Villers-lès-Nancy
Villers-lès-Nancy
Coordinates: 48°40′23″N 6°09′17″E / 48.6731°N 6.1547°E / 48.6731; 6.1547
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementNancy
CantonLaxou
IntercommunalityMétropole du Grand Nancy
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) François Werner[1]
Area
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9.95 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
14,761
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54578 /54600
Elevation224–381 m (735–1,250 ft)
(avg. 285 m or 935 ft)
1 French 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: [vilɛʁ nɑ̃si], literally Villers near Nancy) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

Inhabitants are known as Villarois.

Geography

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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.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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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Mayors

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  • 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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Events

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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  1. Official website of Villers-lès-Nancy
  2. Nancy spéléodrome, localized on in Villers-lès-Nancy