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Commune of Nancy
Place Stanislas - Fountain of Amphitrite
Location
Image:Paris_plan_pointer_b_jms.gif
Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 48°41′25″N, 6°11′00″E
Administration
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
(préfecture)
Arrondissement Nancy
Canton Chief town of 4 cantons
Intercommunality Communauté urbaine
du Grand Nancy
Mayor André Rossinot (PR/UMP)
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 188 m–353 m
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Land area¹ 15. 01 km²
Population²
(2005)		 105,400
 - Density 6,902/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 54395/ 54000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E
France

Nancy (pronounced [nɑ̃si]; archaic German: Nanzig; Luxembourgish: Nanzeg) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région of northeastern France. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Luxembourgish (lb Lëtzebuergesch Luxembourgeois Luxemburgisch Luxemburgs Lussimbordjwès also called Luxembourgian, also spelled Luxemburgish, is one of A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Lorraine (Lothringen is one of the 26 régions of France. It is the only administrative region with two cities of equal importance Metz and Nancy France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

The city is the préfecture (capital) of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the northeast of France named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The metropolitan area (aire urbaine) of Nancy had a population of 410,509 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 103,602 of whom lived in the city of Nancy proper (105,100 inhabitants in the city proper as of 2004 estimates). The aire urbaine is an INSEE (the national statistics office of France statistical region comprising a Couronne périurbaine commuter belt around a contiguous

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History

The earliest signs of human settlement in the area date back to 800 BC. Early settlers were likely attracted by easily mined iron ore and a ford in the Meurthe River. The Meurthe is a River in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Moselle. A small fortified town named Nanciacum (Nancy) was built by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine around 1050. Gerard IV Duke of Alsace (c 1030 &ndash April 14, 1070) was the Count of Metz and Chatenois from 1047/1048 when his brother Duke Adalbert

Nancy was sacked by Emperor Frederick II in the 13th century, then rebuilt in stone over the next few centuries as it grew in importance as the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine. Frederick II ( December 26, 1194 &ndash December 13, 1250) of the Hohenstaufen dynasty was a Pretender to the title Lorraine (Lorraine Lothringen is a historical area in present-day northeast France. Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, was defeated and killed in the Battle of Nancy in 1477. Charles the Bold or Charles the Rash (Charles le Téméraire ( 21 November 1433 &ndash 5 January 1477) baptised Charles Martin The Battle of Nancy was the final and decisive battle of the Burgundian Wars, fought outside the walls of Nancy, France on

With the death of Duke Stanislas in 1766, the duchy became a French province and Nancy remained its capital. Stanisław I Leszczyński (October 20 1677 – February 23 1766 was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke When the région of Lorraine was created in the middle of the 20th century, Metz was chosen as its capital instead of Nancy. Lorraine (Lothringen is one of the 26 régions of France. It is the only administrative region with two cities of equal importance Metz and Nancy Metz (mɛs in French) is a city in the northeast of France, capital of the Lorraine région and Préfecture

As unrest surfaced within the French armed forces during the French Revolution, a full-scale mutiny took place in Nancy in later summer 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an A few reliable units lay siege to the town and shot or imprisoned the mutineers.

Nancy was freed from Nazi Germany by the U.S. Third Army in September of 1944, during the Lorraine Campaign of World War II (see Battle of Nancy (1944)). Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers United States Army Central, formerly the Third United States Army was a field army of the United States Army. Lorraine Campaign is a term used by US Army historians to describe operations of the U World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Nancy in September 1944 was a ten-day battle on the Western Front of World War II in which the U

Geography

The neighboring communes of Nancy are: Jarville-la-Malgrange, Laxou, Malzéville, Maxéville, Saint-Max, Tomblaine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, and Villers-lès-Nancy. Jarville-la-Malgrange is a Town and commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of north-eastern France. Laxou is a Town and commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of north-eastern France. Malzéville is a Town and commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of north-eastern France. Maxéville is a Town and commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of north-eastern France. Saint-Max is a Town and commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of north-eastern France. Tomblaine is a Town and commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of north-eastern France. Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (Vandoeuvre Near Nancy is a French commune, situated in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in the Lorraine Villers-lès-Nancy is a commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département situated in the Lorraine Region in

Sights

The Place Stanislas[1] named after the king of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and duke of Lorraine Stanislaw Leszczynski, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance were added on the World Heritage Sites list by the UNESCO in 1983. The Place Stanislas, known colloquially as the place Stan', is a large pedestrianized square in Nancy, Lorraine, France. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Stanisław I Leszczyński (October 20 1677 – February 23 1766 was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16

The "École de Nancy", a group of artists and architects founded by the glassmaster and furniture maker Émile Gallé, worked in the Art Nouveau style at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century. Émile Gallé ( Nancy, 8 May 1846 &ndash Nancy, September 23, 1904) was a French artist who worked in Glass Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international It was principally their work which made Nancy a centre of art and architecture that rivaled Paris and helped give the city the nickname "Capitale de l'Est. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city " The city still possesses many Art Nouveau buildings (mostly banks or private homes). Furniture, glassware, and other pieces of the decorative arts are conserved at the Musée de l'École de Nancy, which is housed in the 1909 villa of Eugène Corbin, a Nancy businessman and supporter of the Art Nouveau there. Furniture is the Mass noun for the movable objects which may support the human body (seating furniture and beds, provide storage or hold objects on horizontal Glassware usually refers to Glass items used as Tableware, such as dishes cutlery flatware and Drinkware used to set a table for eating a meal

The old city centre's heritage dates from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. The cathedral of Nancy is a fine example of 18th century architecture. Nancy Cathedral ( Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy) is an 18th century Roman Catholic cathedral and national monument of France located in the The surroundings of the train station are a busy commercial area.

There is also a botanical garden in Nancy, "Le Jardin Botanique". Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of Plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes It is open from 10 am to 12 (noon), and from 2 pm to 5 pm on Mondays through Fridays. On Saturdays and Sundays it is open from 2 pm to 5 pm. It costs around 2. 30 euros to enter, and has many different types of plants, including tropical, and many other wonderful types of plants and flowers. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e

There is also the aquarium and various other public gardens and places of interest including the Pépinière and Parc Sainte-Marie (public gardens); the Musée de l'École de Nancy, the Musée des Beaux-Arts and the Musée Lorrain amongst others.

A panoramic view of Place Stanislas
A panoramic view of Place Stanislas

Culture

At the turn of the 20th century, Nancy was a major centre of the Art Nouveau style with millions being spent on the refurbishment of Place Stanislas which was opened April 2005 by Jacques Chirac. The Place Stanislas, known colloquially as the place Stan', is a large pedestrianized square in Nancy, Lorraine, France. Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international

It is the seat of the Diocese of Nancy and the home of the Opéra national de Lorraine. L’ opéra national de Lorraine is an Opera company and Opera house located in the town of Nancy in the French province of Lorraine.

Transport

Nancy is served by a 'tramway on tyres', in actual fact a guided busway based on Bombardier Transportation's Guided Light Transit technology. A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train Guided buses are Buses steered for part or all of their route by external means usually on a dedicated track. Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group Guided Light Transit (GLT Transport sur Voie Réservée or TVR is a Public transport system manufactured by Bombardier Transportation and used in the French It has suffered many incidents and malfunctions, but now works without significant problems. This system is also used in Caen, and will be installed in the city of Nijmegen. Caen (kɑ̃ is a commune in northwestern France. It is the Prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Nijmegen (ˈnɛɪmeɣən) (obsolete spellings Nijmwegen Nymegen Nieumeghen &mdash Nimwegen in local dialect and in German, Nimègue in French

Universities and colleges

This is a list of institutions of higher learning in Nancy.

Miscellaneous

Nancy's guided busway, known as the 'tramway on tyres'
Nancy's guided busway, known as the 'tramway on tyres'
Place Stanislas - Arc Héré
Place Stanislas - Arc Héré
Place Stanislas - Fountain of Neptune
Place Stanislas - Fountain of Neptune

The N ray, which turned out to be a figment of local physicist René-Prosper Blondlot's imagination, was named for Nancy. Henri Poincaré University ( Université Henri Poincaré, UHP also known as Nancy 1 is a French university in the Academy of Nancy and Metz wrapping several faculties Nancy 2 University ( Université Nancy 2) is a French university in the Academy of Nancy and Metz The National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (l'Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine or INPL based in Nancy is a French university system École des Beaux-Arts ("School of Fine Arts" refers to a number of influential Art schools in France. The École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC is an Engineering School dedicated to Chemical Engineering in Nancy, France. The École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC is an Engineering School dedicated to Chemical Engineering in Nancy, France. The École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy or ENSMN, les Mines, Mines de Nancy, is one of the French generalist engineering The École supérieure des sciences et technologies de l'ingénieur de Nancy (ESSTIN is a french generalist Grande école located in Nancy. The École supérieure des sciences et technologies de l'ingénieur de Nancy (ESSTIN is a french generalist Grande école located in Nancy. Located in the scientific campus of the Université Henri Poincaré, the École Supérieure d'Informatique et Applications de Lorraine (ESIAL is one of the French Located in the scientific campus of the Université Henri Poincaré, the École Supérieure d'Informatique et Applications de Lorraine (ESIAL is one of the French N rays (or N-rays) were a phenomenon described by French scientist René-Prosper Blondlot but subsequently found to be illusory Prosper-René Blondlot ( July 3, 1849 - November 24, 1930) was a French Physicist, best remembered for his mistaken identification

Nancy's archaic German name is Nanzig, and a similar form Nanzeg is still used in Luxembourgish. In Language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Luxembourgish (lb Lëtzebuergesch Luxembourgeois Luxemburgisch Luxemburgs Lussimbordjwès also called Luxembourgian, also spelled Luxemburgish, is one of

The motto of the city is Non inultus premor, Latin for "No one touches me with impunity". This is very similar to the Scottish motto Nemo me impune lacessit, and both are references to the thistle, which is a symbol of both Scotland and Lorraine. Nemo me impune lacessit is the Latin motto of the Order of the Thistle and of three Scottish regiments of the British Army. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Lorraine (Lorraine Lothringen is a historical area in present-day northeast France.

Native sons and daughters

Nancy was the birthplace of:

Hometown of these fictional characters


Sister cities

Notes

  1. ^ Images of the Place Stanislas
  2. ^ Université Henri Poincaré - website
  3. ^ Université Nancy 2 - website
  4. ^ French-German Sciences Po campus - website

See also

External links

Art Nouveau-related links

AS Nancy-Lorraine is a French football club based in Nancy, Capital of Lorraine Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Hunting of Jean-Baptiste was a wolf-hunt that began in France and ended somewhere in the Duchy of Luxembourg, and is notable not only for the detailed record of the chase

Dictionary

nancy

-noun

  1. (UK, US, derogatory, slang) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
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