Nancy
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Summary
Nancy is a commune of France[1]. Nancy ranks in the top 0.25% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,739 views/month, #78 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Nancy[4], Métropole du Grand Nancy[5], Meurthe-et-Moselle[6]
- Country: France[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Meurthe[8]
- Head of government: Mathieu Klein[9]
- Instance of: big city[10]
- Shares border with: Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy[11], Jarville-la-Malgrange[12], Laxou[13], Malzéville[14], Maxéville[15], Saint-Max[16], Tomblaine[17], Villers-lès-Nancy[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Karlsruhe[19], Cincinnati[20], Liège[21], Padua[22], Newcastle upon Tyne[23], Kanazawa[24], Kiryat Shmona[25], Lublin[26], Shangrao[27], Kunming[28], Krasnodar[29], Vinnytsia[30]
- Postal code: 54000[31], 54100[32]
- Commons category: Nancy, France[33]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[34], UTC+02:00[35]
- Archives at: Nancy Municipal Archives[36]
- Significant event: Battle of Nancy[37]
- Official website: https://www.nancy.fr/[38]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nancy, France[39]
- Commons gallery: Nancy[40]
- Email address: mailto:nancyendirect@nancy.fr[41]
- Population: 104,072[42], 105,162[43], 106,953[44], 104,286[45], 104,885[46], 123,428[47], 107,902[48], 96,317[49], 99,351[50], 103,605[51], 105,468[52], 105,382[53], 105,058[54], 104,403[55]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Nancy[56]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Nancy include Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport[57], an airport[58], in France[59], founded in 1991[60]; N ray[61], a scientific controversy[62]; Nancy-Essey Airport[63], an airport[64], in France[65]; and 9378 Nancy-Lorraine[66], an asteroid[67].
Why It Matters
Nancy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] Nancy is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
Entities named for Nancy include Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport[57], an airport[58], in France[59], founded in 1991[60]; N ray[61], a scientific controversy[62]; Nancy-Essey Airport[63], an airport[64], in France[65]; and 9378 Nancy-Lorraine[66], an asteroid[67].