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Country
  
France

Department
  
Meurthe-et-Moselle

Canton
  
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:41 AM

Region
  
Grand Est

Arrondissement
  
Nancy

Area
  
8.23 km²

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Intercommunality
  
Pays du Sel et du Vermois

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 87% Humidity

769e procession aux flambeaux dans la basilique de saint nicolas de port


Saint-Nicolas-de-Port is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.

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Map of 54210 Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, 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 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:

which in the local Lorrain dialect means:

St Nicholas-de-Port is also known for fossil remains of very early (late Triassic) ancestral mammals.

References

Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Wikipedia