Villers-lès-Nancy

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Villers-lès-Nancy

Total population

14,761

Elevation224 m

Land area9.95 km²

Coordinates48.67°, 6.15°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Villers-lès-Nancy is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Thierry de Martel

French neurosurgeon (1876–1940)

Isabelle de Ludres

French lady-in-waiting (1647-1726)

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André Aubréville

French botanist (1897-1982)

Alexandre-François Desportes

French painter (1661–1743)

Jean-Pierre Cattenoz

French archbishop

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Josselin Henry

Olympic rifle shooter

Alfred Finot

French sculptor (1876–1947)

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Bernard Hugo

French politician (1925-2001)

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Claude Rolland

French pianist (1920-1993)

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Gérard Grégoire

French association football player (1949-1980)

Henri de L'Espée

French official (1827–1871)

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Jacques Rousselot

French businessman

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Jean-Edmond Lamaze

French military personnel (1912-1995)

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Johnny Ludécher

French dancer

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Lucien Cordier

French speleologist (1922–1980)



Marcel Prenant

French politician (1893–1983)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Grand Est

• Jarville-la-Malgrange
  2.2 mi away · pop. 9,374
• Ludres
  3.6 mi away · pop. 6,081
• Laneuveville-devant-Nancy
  3.7 mi away · pop. 6,551
• Lay-Saint-Christophe
  5.6 mi away · pop. 2,370
• Pompey
  6.6 mi away · pop. 4,836
• Toul
  11.8 mi away · pop. 15,849
• Vitrimont
  14 mi away · pop. 390
• Blainville-sur-l'Eau
  14.2 mi away · pop. 3,927
• Bonviller
  15.9 mi away · pop. 178
• Vic-sur-Seille
  18.7 mi away · pop. 1,329
• Croismare
  19.7 mi away · pop. 639
• Thiébauménil
  22.4 mi away · pop. 382

Browse all places in Grand Est →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-26

common yew

Taxus baccata

Seen 2026-09-26

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-26

Creeping Woodsorrel

Oxalis corniculata

Seen 2026-09-25

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-09-25

Common Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis

Seen 2026-09-25

Great Tit

Parus major

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers