Nancy, France (fra)

Nancy, France

Nancy, France ranks 291st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Antioch, Jacksonville, Florida, and Dijon. Memorable people born in Nancy, France include Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Henri Poincaré, and Lucien Febvre. Memorable people who died in Nancy, France include Charles the Bold, Jacques Callot, and Claude of France. 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 511,257 inhabitants at the 2018 census, making it the 16th-largest functional urban area in France and Lorraine's largest. The population of the city of Nancy proper is 104,885. Read more on Wikipedia