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

|mayor = Bernard Girsch{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|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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