Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (Vandoeuvre Near Nancy) is a French commune, situated in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in the Lorraine région. Its inhabitants are called Vandopériens.

Geography

With 32,048 inhabitants (1999), Vandœuvre is the second-largest commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, after the capital Nancy, of which it is a suburb. These two cities belong to the same agglomeration: the Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy.

Orthography

The grave accent (l'accent grave) is used on the letter e to indicate that it is pronounced [ɛ], as in manière (way). It also serves to distinguish the word les, meaning the, from lès, meaning near. (Petit Larousse, 1967, p. 599.) The ligature œ is represented in English by separate letters.

See also

• École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires
• École Supérieure des Sciences et Technologies de l'Ingénieur de Nancy
• INIST (CNRS database)

Twin Towns

• Grottaferrata, Italy

External links

• Official website