1969 - Nancy

The Nancy townNancy is a French town in the Lorraine region. It is famous for its “Place Stanislas”, named after the last Duke of Lorraine, part of an XVIIIth century complex with a UNESCO World Heritage classification. It was a textbook case for the Art Nouveau movement, but its "Grande Rue" also abounds in mediaeval and renaissance masterpieces.

After the Second World War, Nancy developed numerous twinning links with European localities, then with towns in Asia and North America. To date, the municipality has eight active twinning arrangements symbolised by regular exchanges and temporary events with Cincinnati (United States), Kanazawa (Japan), Karlsruhe (Germany), Kiryat Shmona (Israel), Liège (Belgium), Lublin (Poland), Newcastle-upon-Tyne (United Kingdom), and Padua (Italy). In 1969 Nancy and Karlsruhe, its twin town, were awarded with the Europe Prize for their contribution to Franco-German reconciliation.

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