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Porte Sainte-Catherine

In Nancy stands Porte Sainte-Catherine, an attraction. Within 5 km there are 59 more places to visit. It was listed in 1925 as a classé historic monument.

Photo: Porte Sainte-Catherine, Axel41 (CC BY 2.5)

Where

In Nancy

inside the commune

Historic monument

1925

Classé historic monument

How well known

Top 15%

#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 20–26°C

In brief

Attraction in Nancy

In Nancy

Porte Sainte-Catherine is in the commune of Nancy, with 59 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument

Protected as a historic monument since 1925 (Mérimée record PA00106315). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The seasons here

The warmest stretch in Nancy is May to September, at 20–26°C in the afternoon.

Jan5° / 0°64 mm

Feb7° / 0°55 mm

Mar12° / 2°54 mm

Apr16° / 5°44 mm

May20° / 9°68 mm

Jun24° / 12°56 mm

Jul26° / 14°63 mm

Aug25° / 14°67 mm

Sep21° / 10°61 mm

Oct16° / 7°67 mm

Nov9° / 3°69 mm

Dec6° / 1°78 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Nancy, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Nancy-Essey station, 3.3 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Nancy’s full climate →

About

Porte Sainte-Catherine

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages. The first to add nearby is Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, at 600 m.

Porte Sainte-Catherine on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Mérimée record PA00106315 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type: Attraction
Protection: Classé historic monument · 1925
Covered in: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle
Official site: pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00106315

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

The map

Map of Porte Sainte-Catherine and nearby

Orange is Porte Sainte-Catherine; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

The towns around Porte Sainte-Catherine

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Nancy (103,671 people). Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in this commune

Nancy

103,671 people

2 · 1.5 km northeast of it

Saint-Max

9,913 people

3 · 1.8 km north of it

Malzéville

7,820 people

4 · 2.7 km east of it

Essey-lès-Nancy

8,670 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Porte Sainte-Catherine is	People
Nancy	It’s in this commune	103,671
Saint-Max	1.5 km northeast of it	9,913
Malzéville	1.8 km north of it	7,820
Essey-lès-Nancy	2.7 km east of it	8,670
Tomblaine	2.7 km southeast of it	9,117
Maxéville	2.8 km northwest of it	10,090
Jarville-la-Malgrange	3.2 km south of it	9,356
Laxou	3.4 km west of it	14,771

Make a day of it

After Porte Sainte-Catherine

Among the 93 within 15 km are 5 museums, a cathedral and a garden.

MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy600 m west, in Nancy 2

CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy500 m southwest, in Nancy 3

MuseumPalais des ducs de Lorraine – Musée lorrain800 m west, in Nancy 4

MuseumMuséum-aquarium de Nancy200 m southwest, in Nancy 5

MuseumMusée de l'École de Nancy2.4 km southwest, in Nancy 6

MuseumVilla Majorelle2.2 km southwest, in Nancy 7GardenGardenJardin Alexandre-Godron100 m southwest, in Nancy 8

AttractionPorte Désilles1.2 km west, in Nancy

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Porte Sainte-Catherine: the answers

Where is Porte Sainte-Catherine?

Porte Sainte-Catherine is in Nancy, in Meurthe-et-Moselle (Grand Est).

What is Porte Sainte-Catherine?

Attraction.

Is Porte Sainte-Catherine a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument, since 1925, Mérimée record PA00106315.

How well known is Porte Sainte-Catherine?

Porte Sainte-Catherine has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Porte Sainte-Catherine?

May to September are the warmest months in Nancy, with afternoon highs of 20–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Porte Sainte-Catherine?

Within 15 km: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy (600 m), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy (500 m), Palais des ducs de Lorraine – Musée lorrain (800 m) and Muséum-aquarium de Nancy (200 m).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Porte Sainte-Catherine: Axel41, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy: photo uploaded by User:RicciSpeziari. Photographer: Riccardo Speziari, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palais des ducs de Lorraine – Musée lorrain: Service des Publics du Musée lorrain, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Muséum-aquarium de Nancy: Ji-Elle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Musée de l'École de Nancy: Léna, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Villa Majorelle: cliché Damien Boyer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Porte Désilles: Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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