Saulxures-lès-Nancy
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Saulxures-lès-Nancy
|commune status = Commune
|image = Saulxures eglise.JPG
|caption = The church in Saulxures-lès-Nancy
|image coat of arms = Blason Saulxures-lès-Nancy 54.svg
|arrondissement = Nancy
|canton = Grand Couronné
|INSEE = 54495
|postal code = 54420
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Métropole du Grand Nancy
|coordinates = {{coord|48.6897|6.2478|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 222
|elevation min m = 206
|elevation max m = 305
|area km2 = 7.05
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Saulxures-lès-Nancy ({{IPA|fr|solsyʁ lɛ nɑ̃si}}, literally Saulxures near Nancy) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France, located {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Nancy.
The commune covers an area of 7.05 km2 (2.72 sq mi). Bernard Girsch is the mayor for the 2020-2026 tenure.
The Château de Saulxures de Nancy dates from the reign of Louis XV, and was built c1730 by Count Claude-Marcel de Rutant, an ally of the Duke of Lorraine.{{cite web |title=Chateau de Saulxures les Nancy |url=https://www.chateau-de-saulxures.fr/about.html |website=Chateau de Saulxures les Nancy |access-date=15 August 2022}}
The parish church of St Martin dates from the 18th century and was extended in the 1840s.{{cite web |title=La Commune > Histoire et patrimoine |url=https://www.mairie-saulxures-les-nancy.fr/la-commune/48-histoire-et-patrimoine |website=Mairie de Saulxures-lès-Nancy |access-date=15 August 2022}} The village has a primary school named after the author Maurice Barrès.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-54495#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1520
|1975 |3251
|1982 |3932
|1990 |4124
|1999 |4042
|2007 |3917
|2012 |3951
|2017 |4120
}}
See also
References
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