Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 48°37′54″N 6°18′11″E / 48.6317°N 6.3031°ECoordinates: 48°37′54″N 6°18′11″E / 48.6317°N 6.3031°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Nancy | |
| Canton | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port | |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Sel et du Vermois | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Luc Binsinger | |
| Area1 | 8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 7,505 | |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54483 /54210 | |
| Elevation | 201–292 m (659–958 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
The town's basilica, Saint Nicolas is a pilgrimage site, supposedly holding relics of Saint Nicholas brought from Italy. It is one of France's Monuments historiques, and a minor basilica since 1950.
The town's inhabitants are known asPortois. In the past, the Portois were known as loudmouths; their neighbours across the Meurthe at Varangéville liked to gather on the opposite river bank to bombard them with a chorus indicating a wish to defecate in their mouths:
which in the local Lorrain dialect means:
St Nicholas-de-Port is also known for fossil remains of very early (late Triassic) ancestral mammals.
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