Vandœuvre-the-Nancy is the most populated common second Urban community of Large Nancy and department French of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, in Lorraine.
The inhabitants are called Vandopérien () S .
Geography
Vandœuvre-the-Nancy is located at the South-west of Nancy. Its form is very lengthened of Is in West. The West finishes on a plate culminating around 400 meters of altitude, whereas Is him goes down towards the valley from the Meurthe around 200 meters from altitude without never reaching it.The slopes and orchards making junction between the plate and the valley are the historic site of the city where the old man-village is still located.
History
Vandœuvre has probably a Celtic origin such as Vindobriga. It is believed that a Gallic village, whose name was Vindopera, was at this place.At the beginning of the 20th century, it is a village of vine growers located on the slopes, characterized by its sloping streets and its solid cellars giving directly on the roadways (currently called “Old man-Vandœuvre”).
The decision to build a ZUP in 1957 will make it possible Vandœuvre to keep its independence with respect to Nancy which wanted to amalgamate with Vandœuvre, with the disadvantage of the latter. The ZUP, whose installation was entrusted to the architect Henri-Jean Calsat, was built so that the various districts of the city, very disseminated, are joined in only one agglomeration. Since 1989, an important work of rehabilitation and modernization of the city was undertaken.
Blazon
" Of sinople to the stick prieural of issuant gold of the point of the ecu, accompanied by two Gothic letters of money surmounted of two gold nipples; with the consu chief of mouths charged with a alérion of argent"
Characteristics and other places
Original building:
- Holy Tower water Charles transformed into apartments.
Parks and castles:
- Castle (and park) of Charmois,
- Castle (and park) of Montet,
- Anthoine Castle, classified historic building (15th-18th centuries).
Religious buildings:
- Church Saint-Melaine (15th-16th centuries)
- Notre-Dame Vault of the Poor (1953), modern place of pilgrimage
- Church Saint-François d' Assise, a work of Jean Proven
- Church Holy-Bernadette
Seek and higher education:
- CHRU Lorraine Nancy
- INIST
- Botanical garden of Montet
- University Henri-Poincaré
- Lorraine Laboratory of research in data processing and its applications
- National research institute and of safety
Various:
- Lorraine France 3
Mayors of Vandœuvre-the-Nancy
Twinning
Personalities related to the commune
- Joseph Gilles known as Of Provence (1679-1749), painter, author of the frescos of the ceiling of the church Our-Lady-in-Bonsecours Nancy
See too
- Common of Meurthe-et-Moselle
Bond externe*
- Official site of the town of Vandœuvre-the-Nancy