Nancy, France (fra)

Nancy, France

Nancy, France ranks 334th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Weimar, Chișinău, and Tours. Memorable people born in Nancy, France include Henri Poincaré, François Jacob, and Lucien Febvre. Memorable people who died in Nancy, France include Claude of France, Louis Majorelle, and Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine. Nancy, France has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Nancy, France is located in France.

Nancy is the prefecture of the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was annexed by France under King Louis XV in 1766 and replaced by a province, with Nancy maintained as capital. Following its rise to prominence in the Age of Enlightenment, it was nicknamed the "capital of Eastern France" in the late 19th century. The metropolitan area of Nancy had a population of 508,793 inhabitants as of 2021, making it the 16th-largest functional urban area in France and Lorraine's largest. The population of the city of Nancy proper is 104,387 (2022). Read more on Wikipedia