Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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| Coordinates: 48°37′54″N 6°18′11″E / 48.6317°N 6.3031°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Nancy |
| Canton | Jarville-la-Malgrange |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Sel et du Vermois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Luc Binsinger |
| Area 1 | 8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | 7,505 |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54483 /54210 |
| Elevation | 201–292 m (659–958 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
The town's basilica, Saint Nicolas is a pilgrimage site, supposedly holding relics of Saint Nicholas brought from Italy. It is one of France's Monuments historiques, and a minor basilica since 1950.
The town's inhabitants are known as Portois. 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:
- Booyaî d'Senn 'Colais,
- Tend tet ghieule quand je...
which in the local Lorrain dialect means:
- Loudmouths of St Nicks,
- Open your gob when I'm taking a...[1]
St Nicholas-de-Port is also known for fossil remains of very early (late Triassic) ancestral mammals.
See also
References
- ^ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p37, Picador (2007), ISBN 978-0-330-42761-6, 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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