Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (, literally ''Vandœuvre

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Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a '' département'' in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, ...

department in north-eastern

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. Its inhabitants are called ''Vandopériens''.

Geography

With 29,697 inhabitants (2022), Vandœuvre is the second-largest commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, after the capital Nancy, of which it is a

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. These two cities belong to the same agglomeration community:

Métropole du Grand Nancy Métropole du Grand Nancy () is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nancy. It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in July 2016, replaci ...

Population

Municipal market

The municipal market of Vandœuvre hosts 120–150 merchants and 6,000–8,000 visitors on Sunday mornings. An organic market is active on Friday evenings.

Twin towns – sister cities

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy is twinned with: *

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, England, United Kingdom *

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, Italy *

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, Germany *

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, Burkina Faso *

Ponte de Lima Ponte de Lima () is the oldest ''vila'' (chartered town, head of a municipality) in Portugal, in the district of Viana do Castelo (district), Viana do Castelo. Situated on the southern bank of the Lima River, it takes its name from the medieval br ...

, Portugal

Universities and colleges

Vandoeuvre has institutions of higher learning: *

University of Lorraine The University of Lorraine (), abbreviated as UL, is a public research university based in Lorraine, Grand Est region, France. It was created on 1 January 2012, by the merger of Henri Poincaré University, Nancy 2 University, Paul Verlaine Un ...

which merges: **

Henri Poincaré University The Henri Poincaré University, or Nancy 1, nicknamed UHP, was a public research university located in Nancy, France. UHP formed the Nancy-Université federation with two other institutions in 2005. In 2012, Nancy-Université was merged with U ...

(''Université Henri Poincaré'', UHP, also known as Nancy 1) **

National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine ( ; abbr. Lorraine INP) is a French technological university system, based in Nancy, France, Nancy. It is under the Academy of Nancy and Metz. INPL is a part of the University of Lorraine. It federates 1 ...

(''Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine'' or INPL) ***

École nationale supérieure d'agronomie et des industries alimentaires The École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (; ENSAIA) is a French engineering school located in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy near Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a '' département'' in the Grand ...

(ENSAIA) *** (ENSG) ***

École Polytechnique de l'Université de Lorraine The École polytechnique de l'université de Lorraine (), or Polytech Nancy () is a French Grandes écoles, grande école located in Nancy, France, Nancy. It was created in 1960 under the name of ISIN, was renamed Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et ...

(Polytech Nancy) * Faculté de médecine (Medical School) * Faculté d'odontologie de Lorraine * Ecole nationale supérieure d'électricité et de mécanique * Ecole de puériculture

References

External links

* Vandoeuvrelesnancy Meurthe-et-Moselle communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Nancy-geo-stub