Villers-lès-Nancy (, literally ''Villers
near
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Nancy'') is a
commune
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in the
Meurthe-et-Moselle
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in north-eastern
France
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.
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
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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
)
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, beyond the
A 33.
The neighbourhood ''communes'' of the ''Grand Nancy'' are :
Laxou
Laxou () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. It is a suburb, adjacent to the west of Nancy.
2002 125cc motorcycle world champion Arnaud Vincent was born here.
Population
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,
Nancy and
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (, literally ''Vandœuvre near Nancy'') is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Vandopériens''.
Geography
With 29,942 inhabitants (2019), Vandœuvre is the ...
.
Population
Points of interest
*
Jardin botanique du Montet
File:Villers st fiacre.JPG, Church of Saint-Fiacre.
File:Villers st therese.JPG, Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'enfant-Jésus.
File:Villers st bernard.JPG, Church of Saint-Bernard (Clairlieu).
File:Villers orthodoxe.JPG, Orthodox chapel of the Gauls.
File:Villers seminaire.JPG, Major Seminar of l’Asnée.
File:Villers abbaye clairlieu.JPG, Ancient Cistercian abbey of the place-dit ''Clairlieu''.
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
*
Oerlinghausen
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,
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, 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
*
Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
The following is a list of the 591 Communes of France, communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2022):
References
External links
Official website of Villers-lès-Nancy
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