Villers-lès-Nancy explained
| Villers-lès-Nancy |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Villers-les-Nancy.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Nancy |
| Canton: | Laxou |
| Insee: | 54578 |
| Postal Code: | 54600 |
| Mayor: | François Werner[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Métropole du Grand Nancy |
| Coordinates: | 48.6731°N 6.1547°W |
| Elevation M: | 285 |
| Elevation Min M: | 224 |
| Elevation Max M: | 381 |
| Area Km2: | 9.95 |
Villers-lès-Nancy (pronounced as /fr/, literally Villers near Nancy) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
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.
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.
Points of interest
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
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
External links
- Official website of Villers-lès-Nancy
- Nancy spéléodrome, localized on in Villers-lès-Nancy
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
