Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Commune
The André Malraux cultural center in the foreground and the Hôtel de Ville at the back
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
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Coordinates: 48°39′24″N6°10′06″E / 48.6567°N 6.1683°E / 48.6567; 6.1683
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Intercommunality	Métropole du Grand Nancy
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Patrice Donati [1]
Area 1	9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population  (2023) [2]	29,942
• Density	3,170/km2 (8,200/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: [vɑ̃dœvʁlɛnɑ̃si] , literally Vandœuvre near Nancy ) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Its inhabitants are called Vandopériens.

History

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1980. ^[3]

Geography

With 29,697 inhabitants (2022), 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

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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% 2022 29,697 −0.20%
Source: EHESS [4] and INSEE (1968-2022) [5]

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. ^[6] An organic market is active on Friday evenings. ^[7]

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: ^[8]

• Gedling, England, United Kingdom
• Grottaferrata, Italy
• Lemgo, Germany
• Poa, Burkina Faso
• Ponte de Lima, Portugal

Universities and colleges

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)
    • École nationale supérieure d'agronomie et des industries alimentaires (ENSAIA)
    • École nationale supérieure de géologie  [ fr ] (ENSG)
    • École Polytechnique de l'Université de Lorraine (Polytech Nancy)
• 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

• 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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 12 March 2025.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2025.
3. "Hôtel de ville de Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy". PSS Architecture. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. "MARCHÉ DE VANDOEUVRE - Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy".
7. "Les marchés des produits des jardins du monde et du cœur".
8. "Jumelages". vandoeuvre.fr (in French). Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
9. "Établissements Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (54) avec l'annuaire des établissements - L'Etudiant". www.letudiant.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
10. "Université de Lorraine". uhp-nancy.fr. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
11. "Faculté de médecine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (54), avis authentifiés - L'Etudiant". www.letudiant.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
12. "Faculté d'odontologie de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (54), avis authentifiés - L'Etudiant". www.letudiant.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
13. "ENSEM, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (54), avis authentifiés et classement - L'Etudiant". www.letudiant.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
14. "Ecole de puériculture, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (54), avis - L'Etudiant". www.letudiant.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

External links

Media related to Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website