Villers-lès-Nancy

Villers-lès-Nancy is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

Villers-lès-Nancy
Commune
The Remicourt chateau in Villers-lès-Nancy
Coat of arms
Location of Villers-lès-Nancy
Villers-lès-Nancy
Villers-lès-Nancy
Coordinates: 48°40′23″N 6°09′17″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementNancy
CantonLaxou
IntercommunalityMétropole du Grand Nancy
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) François Werner
Area
1
9.95 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
14,415
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54578 /54600
Elevation224–381 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.

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
  • Church of Saint-Fiacre.
  • Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'enfant-Jésus.
  • Church of Saint-Bernard (Clairlieu).
  • Orthodox chapel of the Gauls.
  • Major Seminar of l’Asnée.
  • Ancient Cistercian abbey of the place-dit Clairlieu.

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

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  1. Official website of Villers-lès-Nancy
  2. Nancy spéléodrome, localized on in Villers-lès-Nancy


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