| Saint-Nicolas-de-Port | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Saint-Nicolas-de-Port 54.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Nancy |
| Canton: | Jarville-la-Malgrange |
| Insee: | 54483 |
| Postal Code: | 54210 |
| Mayor: | Luc Binsinger[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Pays du Sel et du Vermois |
| Coordinates: | 48.6317°N 6.3031°W |
| Elevation M: | 232 |
| Elevation Min M: | 201 |
| Elevation Max M: | 292 |
| Area Km2: | 8.23 |
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ nikɔla də pɔʁ/) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.[2]
The town's basilica, Saint Nicolas, is a pilgrimage site, supposedly holding relics of Saint Nicholas brought from Italy. It is one of France's Monuments historiques, and a minor basilica since 1950.
The town's inhabitants are known as Portois. 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...[3]
St Nicholas-de-Port is also known for fossil remains of very early (late Triassic) ancestral mammals.