Ludres

Ludres
Ludres

Coordinates: 48°37′00″N 6°10′00″E / 48.6167°N 6.1667°E / 48.6167; 6.1667Coordinates: 48°37′00″N 6°10′00″E / 48.6167°N 6.1667°E / 48.6167; 6.1667
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Nancy
Canton Jarville-la-Malgrange
Intercommunality Grand Nancy
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Pierre Boileau
Area1 8.18 km2 (3.16 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 6,519
  Density 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 54328 / 54710
Elevation 237–420 m (778–1,378 ft)
(avg. 259 m or 850 ft)

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.

Ludres is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.

The inhabitants are called Ludréens. In the past, inhabitants of Ludres were known by their neighbours as rôtisseurs ("roast meat sellers"), having once turned out en masse to watch their adulterous priest burned at the stake.[1]

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References

  1. Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p36, 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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