Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃dœvʁ lɛ nɑ̃si], literally Vandœuvre near Nancy) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Its inhabitants are called Vandopériens.

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Commune
The André Malraux cultural center in the foreground and the town hall in the back.
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
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Coordinates: 48°39′24″N 6°10′06″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Intercommunality	Métropole du Grand Nancy
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Patrice Donati[1]
Area 1	9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	29,697
• Density	3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	54547 /54500
Elevation	214–402 m (702–1,319 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

With 29,697 inhabitants (2022), Vandœuvre is the second-largest commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, after the capital Nancy, of which it is a suburb. These two cities belong to the same agglomeration community: Métropole du Grand Nancy.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 572 —     1800 602 +0.73% 1806 648 +1.23% 1821 688 +0.40% 1831 682 −0.09% 1836 821 +3.78% 1841 890 +1.63% 1846 970 +1.74% 1851 976 +0.12% 1856 953 −0.48% 1861 995 +0.87% 1872 1,136 +1.21% 1876 1,247 +2.36% 1881 1,327 +1.25% 1886 1,301 −0.39% 1891 1,959 +8.53% 1896 2,110 +1.50% 1901 2,232 +1.13%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,598 +3.08% 1911 2,867 +1.99% 1921 2,653 −0.77% 1926 3,519 +5.81% 1931 3,942 +2.30% 1936 4,645 +3.34% 1946 5,308 +1.34% 1954 6,466 +2.50% 1962 11,559 +7.53% 1968 19,686 +9.28% 1975 33,909 +8.08% 1982 33,682 −0.10% 1990 34,105 +0.16% 1999 32,048 −0.69% 2007 31,196 −0.34% 2012 30,569 −0.41% 2017 30,002 −0.37% 2022 29,697 −0.20%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2022)[4][2]

Municipal market

A building of Henri Poincaré University in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy

The municipal market of Vandœuvre hosts 120–150 merchants and 6,000–8,000 visitors on Sunday mornings.^[5] An organic market is active on Friday evenings.^[6]

Twin towns – sister cities

A sign with the twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy is twinned with:^[7]

• Gedling, England, United Kingdom
• Grottaferrata, Italy
• Lemgo, Germany
• Poa, Burkina Faso
• Ponte de Lima, Portugal

Universities and colleges

Vandoeuvre has institutions of higher learning:^[8]

• University of Lorraine which merges:
  • Henri Poincaré University (Université Henri Poincaré, UHP, also known as Nancy 1)^[9]
  • National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine or INPL)
    • École nationale supérieure d'agronomie et des industries alimentaires (ENSAIA)
    • École nationale supérieure de géologie [fr] (ENSG)
    • École Polytechnique de l'Université de Lorraine (Polytech Nancy)
• Faculté de médecine (Medical School)^[10]
• Faculté d'odontologie de Lorraine^[11]
• Ecole nationale supérieure d'électricité et de mécanique^[12]
• Ecole de puériculture^[13]

See also

• École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires
• École Supérieure des Sciences et Technologies de l'Ingénieur de Nancy
• INIST (CNRS database)
• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department