Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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Location within Lorraine region
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Nancy | |
| Canton | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port | |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Sel et du Vermois | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Luc Binsinger | |
| Area1 | 8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 7,505 | |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54483 / 54210 | |
| Elevation | 201–292 m (659–958 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft) |
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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 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:
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- Booyaî d'Senn 'Colais,
- Tend tet ghieule quand je...
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which in the local Lorrain dialect means:
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- Loudmouths of St Nicks,
- Open your gob when I'm taking a...[1]
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See also
References
- ↑ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p37, 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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