Villers-lès-Nancy

Villers-lès-Nancy (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ lɛ nɑ̃si], literally Villers near 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
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Coordinates: 48°40′23″N 6°09′17″E
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.

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.

Population

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

• Jardin botanique du Montet

• 
  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

• Oerlinghausen, Germany, 1988

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

• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department