Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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. Population

People 
 André Joly (1706-1781? ), court painter

See also
Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department

References

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Duchy of Lorraine