Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | |
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 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 / 48.6567°N 6.1683°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Nancy |
| Canton | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy |
| Intercommunality | Métropole du Grand Nancy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Hablot[1] |
| Area 1 | 9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 29,537 |
| • 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. | |
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.
Geography[edit]
With 29,942 inhabitants (2019), 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[edit]
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Municipal market[edit]
The municipal market of Vandœuvre hosts 120–150 merchants and 6,000–8,000 visitors on Sunday mornings.[6] An organic market is active on Friday evenings.[7]
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy is twinned with:[8]
Gedling, England, United Kingdom
Grottaferrata, Italy
Lemgo, Germany
Poa, Burkina Faso
Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Universities and colleges[edit]
Vandoeuvre has institutions of higher learning:[9]
- University of Lorraine which merges:
- Henri Poincaré University (Université Henri Poincaré, UHP, also known as Nancy 1)[10]
- National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine or INPL)
- Faculté de médecine (Medical School)[11]
- Faculté d'odontologie de Lorraine[12]
- Ecole nationale supérieure d'électricité et de mécanique [13]
- Ecole de puériculture [14]
See also[edit]
- 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
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=COM-54547
- ^ "MARCHÉ DE VANDOEUVRE - Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy".
- ^ "Les marchés des produits des jardins du monde et du cœur".
- ^ "Jumelages". vandoeuvre.fr (in French). Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/annuaire-enseignement-superieur/etablissement/ville-vando-euvre-les-nancy.html
- ^ "Université de Lorraine". uhp-nancy.fr. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/annuaire-enseignement-superieur/etablissement/etablissement-faculte-de-medecine-8885.html
- ^ https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/annuaire-enseignement-superieur/etablissement/etablissement-faculte-d-odontologie-8883.html
- ^ https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/annuaire-enseignement-superieur/etablissement/etablissement-ecole-nationale-superieure-d-electricite-et-de-mecanique-5516.html
- ^ https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/annuaire-enseignement-superieur/etablissement/etablissement-ecole-de-puericulture-5492.html
External links[edit]
Media related to Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy at Wikimedia Commons
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