Nancy is the cultural capital City of the Lorraine region in North East France. Its main industries are chemicals, clothing, and food processing although it has also developed as an administrative and financial capital.

Background to Twinning

The link with Nancy began in 1954. As well as the local authority, other organisations outside the Civic Centre have permanent relationships with Nancy. For example, the Regional Office of the BBC maintains links with FR3 Nancy, (a local television station) and there are exchanges between the two universities.

In Nancy, the Bureau Des Jumelages, a local authority department, has specific responsibility for developing and administering all aspects of the town twinning programme including school exchanges of which there have been many. The last Civic visit to Nancy was in 1992 by Newcastle Lord Mayor Tom Marr. Since then the Boys Choir of Lorraine (based in Nancy) has visited Newcastle on a concert tour.

Nancy is the cultural capital City of the Lorraine region of North East France. Its main industries are chemicals, clothing, and food processing although it has also developed as an administrative and financial capital.