Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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Location within Lorraine region
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Nancy |
| Canton | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Sel et du Vermois |
| Mayor | Luc Binsinger (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 201–292 m (659–958 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft) |
| Land area1 | 8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 7,505 (1999) |
| - Density | 912 /km2 (2,360 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54483/ 54210 |
| 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′54″N 6°18′11″E / 48.6317°N 6.3031°E
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
Its 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:
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- Booyaî d'Senn 'Colais,
- Tend tet ghieule quand je...
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which in the local Lorrain dialect means:
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- Loudmouths of St Nicks,
- Open your gob when I'm taking a...[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p37, 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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