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Nancy

Nancy is a city, préfecture of the département of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in Lorraine in north-eastern France. It has a population of approximately 102,000.

The Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance were added on the World Heritage Sites list by the UNESCO in 1983.

Nancy was the birthplace of:

The N ray, which turned out to be a figment of Blondlot's imagination, was named for Nancy.

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