Villers-lès-Nancy

Commune in Grand Est, France

Villers-lès-Nancy
Commune
The Remicourt chateau in Villers-lès-Nancy The Remicourt chateau in Villers-lès-Nancy
Coat of arms of Villers-lès-Nancy Coat of arms
Location of Villers-lès-Nancy Map
Villers-lès-Nancy is located in France Villers-lès-Nancy Villers-lès-Nancy Show map of France Villers-lès-Nancy is located in Grand Est Villers-lès-Nancy Villers-lès-Nancy Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°40′23′′N 6°09′17′′E / 48.6731°N 6.1547°E / 48.6731; 6.1547
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Laxou
Intercommunality	Métropole du Grand Nancy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Werner^[1]
Area ¹	9.95 km² (3.84 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	14,938
• Density	1,500/km² (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	54578 /54600
Elevation	224–381 m (735–1,250 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villers-lès-Nancy (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁlɛnɑ̃si] , literally Villers near Nancy ) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

Inhabitants are known as Villarois.

Geography

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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.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	7,811	—
1975	14,084	+8.79%
1982	16,120	+1.95%
1990	16,515	+0.30%
1999	15,694	−0.56%
2007	15,115	−0.47%
2012	14,386	−0.98%
2017	14,415	+0.04%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Points of interest

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Jardin botanique du Montet

Church of Saint-Fiacre.

Church of Saint-Fiacre.
Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'enfant-Jésus.

Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'enfant-Jésus.
Church of Saint-Bernard (Clairlieu).

Church of Saint-Bernard (Clairlieu).
Orthodox chapel of the Gauls.

Orthodox chapel of the Gauls.
Major Seminar of l’Asnée.

Major Seminar of l’Asnée.
Ancient Cistercian abbey of the place-dit Clairlieu.

Ancient Cistercian abbey of the place-dit Clairlieu.

Mayors

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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

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Germany Oerlinghausen, Germany, 1988

Events

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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