Nancy

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Nancy is a historic city in northeastern France renowned for its elegant 18th-century architecture and UNESCO-listed Place Stanislas.

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Surface form Occurrences
AS Nancy Lorraine 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
commune of France
architecturalStyle Art Nouveau
surface form: Art Nouveau (École de Nancy)

French classical architecture
area approximately 15 km²
country France
distanceToParis approximately 280 km east
elevationMax ~353 m
elevationMin ~188 m
formerCapitalOf Duchy of Lorraine
hasInstitution ICN Business School
École des Mines de Nancy
hasLandmark Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
Nancy Cathedral
Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine
Parc de la Pépinière
Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
surface form: École de Nancy Museum
hasMayor Mathieu Klein
hasPart Place Stanislas
Place de la Carrière
Place d’Alliance
hasUniversity Université de Lorraine
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance)
historicRegion Lorraine
INSEECODE 54395
isPrefectureOf Meurthe-et-Moselle
isSubprefectureOf Nancy arrondissement
isUniversityCity yes
knownFor 18th-century architecture
Place Stanislas
locatedIn Grand Est region NERFINISHED
Meurthe-et-Moselle
surface form: Meurthe-et-Moselle department

northeastern France
locatedNear Moselle River
mayorTermStart 2020
namedAfter possibly from a Gaulish personal name or toponym (exact origin uncertain)
population approximately 100000 inhabitants
postalCodeRange 54000–54100
river Meurthe River
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
twinCity Kanazawa NERFINISHED
Kiryat Shmona
Liège
Lublin NERFINISHED
Newcastle upon Tyne
Padua
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1983
UNESCOSiteName Places Stanislas, de la Carrière and d’Alliance in Nancy
urbanAreaPopulation over 250000 inhabitants

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Duchy of Lorraine capital Nancy
Reims station connectsTo Nancy
subject surface form: Eastern France
Grand Est containsCity Nancy
Lorraine containsCity Nancy
French I Corps garrison Nancy
Alsace-Lorraine hasCity Nancy
Joël Cantona playedFor Nancy
this entity surface form: AS Nancy Lorraine
Gare de l'Est servesCity Nancy
Karlsruhe twinCity Nancy
Lublin twinCity Nancy