Ludres
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Location within Lorraine region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Nancy |
| Canton | Jarville-la-Malgrange |
| Intercommunality | Grand Nancy |
| Mayor | Pierre Boileau (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 237–420 m (778–1,380 ft) (avg. 259 m or 850 ft) |
| Land area1 | 8.18 km2 (3.16 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 6,897 (1999) |
| - Density | 843 /km2 (2,180 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54328/ 54710 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 48°37′00″N 6°10′00″E / 48.6167°N 6.1667°E
Ludres is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
The inhabitants are called Ludréens. In the past, inhabitants of Ludres were known by their neighbours as rôtisseurs ("roast meat sellers"), having once turned out en masse to watch their adulterous priest burned at the stake.[1]
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- ^ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p36, Picador (2007), ISBN9780330427616, citing Vital Collet "Sobriquets caractérisant les habitants de villages lorrains" in Le Pays lorrain, Nancy (1908), pp442-449 and Henri-Adolphe Labourasse, "Anciens us, coutumes, légendes, supersititions, préjugés, etc. du département de la Meuse" in Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et art de Bar-le-Duc, 1902, pp3-225
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