Nancy

:This article is about the city in France. There is also Nancy, Kentucky and Nancy (comic strip). Nancy is also a proper name of many people and places, Nancy (disambiguation).

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Nancy, Kentucky - Nancy (comic strip) - Proper name - Nancy (disambiguation)

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Nancy (pronounced {{IPA|/nɑ̃si/}} in French) is a city and commune which is the préfecture (capital) of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, in the Lorraine région of northeastern France. The metropolitan area (aire urbaine) of Nancy had a population of 410,508 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 103,605 of whom lived in the city of Nancy proper (105,100 inhabitants in the city proper as of 2004 estimates).

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French - Commune - Préfecture - Meurthe-et-Moselle - Département - Lorraine - Région - France - Aire urbaine - 1999 - 2004

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Historically, Nancy was the capital of the duchy of Lorraine and later the French province of Lorraine. When the région of Lorraine was created in the middle of the 20th century, Metz was chosen as its capital instead of Nancy.

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Duchy of Lorraine - Province of Lorraine - ''région'' of Lorraine - Metz

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