Saulxures-lès-Nancy | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Saulxures-lès-Nancy 54.svg |
Arrondissement: | Nancy |
Canton: | Grand Couronné |
Insee: | 54495 |
Postal Code: | 54420 |
Mayor: | Bernard Girsch[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Métropole du Grand Nancy |
Coordinates: | 48.6897°N 6.2478°W |
Elevation M: | 222 |
Elevation Min M: | 206 |
Elevation Max M: | 305 |
Area Km2: | 7.05 |
Saulxures-lès-Nancy (in French pronounced as /solsyʁ lɛ nɑ̃si/, literally Saulxures near Nancy) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France, located 6km (04miles) east of Nancy.
The commune covers an area of 7.05 km2 (2.72 sq mi). Bernard Girsch is the mayor for the 2020-2026 tenure.
The Château de Saulxures de Nancy dates from the reign of Louis XV, and was built c1730 by Count Claude-Marcel de Rutant, an ally of the Duke of Lorraine.[2]
The parish church of St Martin dates from the 18th century and was extended in the 1840s.[3] The village has a primary school named after the author Maurice Barrès.