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 town hall in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Coat of arms
Location of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Coordinates: 48°39′24″N 6°10′06″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementNancy
CantonVandœuvre-lès-Nancy
IntercommunalityMétropole du Grand Nancy
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Stéphane Hablot
Area
1
9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
29,942
 • Density3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54547 /54500
Elevation214–402 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 30,569 inhabitants (2012), 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: Grand Nancy.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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%
2019 29,942−0.10%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

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.

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:[4]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, EHESS. (in French)
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. "Jumelages". vandoeuvre.fr (in French). Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy. Retrieved 2021-04-14.


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