Commune of Nancy
Place Stanislas - Fountain of Amphitrite
Location
Coordinates	48°41′36″N, 06°11′04″E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle (préfecture)
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Chief town of 4 cantons
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy
Mayor	André Rossinot (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	188 m–353 m (avg. 212 m)
Land area¹	15.01 km²
Population² (2005)	105,400
- Density (1999)	6,902/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	54395/ 54000
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Nancy (IPA pronunciation /nɑ̃si/; archaic German: Nanzig; Luxembourgish: Nanzeg) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région of northeastern France.

The city is the préfecture (capital) of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département. The metropolitan area (aire urbaine) of Nancy had a population of 410,509 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 103,602 of whom lived in the city of Nancy proper (105,100 inhabitants in the city proper as of 2004 estimates).

Nancy

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