Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (, literally Vandœuvre near Nancy) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Its inhabitants are called Vandopériens.

Geography
With 29,942 inhabitants (2019), Vandœuvre is the second-largest commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, after the capital Nancy, of which it is a suburb. These two cities belong to the same agglomeration community: Métropole du Grand Nancy.

Municipal market
The municipal market of Vandœuvre hosts 120–150 merchants and 6,000–8,000 visitors on Sunday mornings. An organic market is active on Friday evenings.

Twin towns – sister cities


Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy is twinned with:
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gedling, England, United Kingdom
 * 🇮🇹 Grottaferrata, Italy
 * 🇩🇪 Lemgo, Germany
 * 🇧🇫 Poa, Burkina Faso
 * Ponte de Lima, Portugal

Universities and colleges
Vandoeuvre has institutions of higher learning:
 * University of Lorraine which merges:
 * Henri Poincaré University (Université Henri Poincaré, UHP, also known as Nancy 1)
 * National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine or INPL)
 * École nationale supérieure d'agronomie et des industries alimentaires (ENSAIA)
 * (ENSG)
 * École Polytechnique de l'Université de Lorraine (Polytech Nancy)
 * Faculté de médecine (Medical School)
 * Faculté d'odontologie de Lorraine
 * Ecole nationale supérieure d'électricité et de mécanique
 * Ecole de puériculture