Saint-Nicolas-de-Port

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.. St Nicholas-de-Port is also known for fossil remains of very early (late Triassic) ancestral mammals. • Illustration — Basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port

• Name — Saint-Nicolas-de-Port • Commune Status — Commune • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason Saint-Nicolas-de-Port 54.svg • Arrondissement — Nancy • Canton — Jarville-la-Malgrange • Insee — 54483 • Postal Code — 54210 • Mayor — Luc Binsinger • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — Pays du Sel et du Vermois • Elevation M — 232 • Elevation Min M — 201 • Elevation Max M — 292 • Area Km2 — 8.23 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes 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... St Nicholas-de-Port is also known for fossil remains of very early (late Triassic) ancestral mammals. • Illustration — Basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port

• André Joly (1706–1781?), court painter