- Villers-lès-Nancy
French commune|nomcommune=Villers-lès-Nancy
région=Lorraine
département=Meurthe-et-Moselle
arrondissement=Nancy
canton=Laxou
insee=54578
cp=54600
maire=Pascal Jacquemin
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy
time zone = CET (GMT +1)
lat_long = coord|48|40|23|N|6|09|16|E|type:city
x = 208
y = 79
alt moy=285 m
alt mini=224 m
alt maxi=381 m
hectares=995
km²=9.95
sans=15,694
date-sans=1999
dens=1,557
date-dens=1999Villers-lès-Nancy is a commune of the
Meurthe-et-Moselle "département" situated in the Lorraineregion inFrance . Inhabitants are known as "Villarois".Geography
Villers-lès-Nancy is localized in the north-east of the France, in the south-east suburb of
Nancy . The "commune" goes fromNancy to theHaye forest .It is composed of three quarters :
* the Mairie-Placieux quarter, which is the closest toNancy ,
* the Botanique-Village quarter, which goes from theMontet botanic garden to the Brabois plateau,
* the Clairlieu quarter, in a large opening of theHaye forest , beyond the A 33.The neighbourhood "communes" of the "Grand Nancy" are :
Laxou ,Nancy andVandœuvre-lès-Nancy .Mayors list
*
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 =*
Oerlinghausen ,Germany , 1988Events
* "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 OctoberSee also
*
Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy (CUGN)
*Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle External links
# [http://www.mairie-villers-les-nancy.fr/ Official website of Villers-lès-Nancy]
# [http://usan.ffspeleo.fr/id20.htm Nancy spéléodrome, localized on in Villers-lès-Nancy]References
* Parts of this article come from the french version.
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