Gondrecourt-le-Château

Gondrecourt-le-Château
Commune
The church in Gondrecourt-le-Château
The church in Gondrecourt-le-Château
Coat of arms of Gondrecourt-le-Château
Coat of arms
Location of Gondrecourt-le-Château
Map
Gondrecourt-le-Château is located in France
Gondrecourt-le-Château
Gondrecourt-le-Château
Gondrecourt-le-Château is located in Grand Est
Gondrecourt-le-Château
Gondrecourt-le-Château
Coordinates: 48°30′51″N 5°30′28″E / 48.5142°N 5.5078°E / 48.5142; 5.5078
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementCommercy
CantonLigny-en-Barrois
IntercommunalityPortes de Meuse
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Daniel Renaudeau[1]
Area
1
51.33 km2 (19.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,053
 • Density21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55215 /55130
Elevation287–428 m (942–1,404 ft)
(avg. 280 m or 920 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gondrecourt-le-Château (French pronunciation: [ɡɔ̃dʁəkuʁ lə ʃɑto]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

On 1 January 1973 (prefectoral order dated 1 December 1972), the communes of Luméville-en-Ornois and Touraille-sous-Bois merged with and became part of it.[3]

Notable people

  • Louis Jacquinot, former Minister of the Marine (Navy) in 1944
  • Fernand Braudel, historian born in Luméville-en-Ornois 1902
  • Fernand Fleuret, writer and poet, born in Gondrecout April 1883
  • André Droitcourt, former Deputy of the Meuse from 1993 to 1997

See also

(Gondrecourt-le-Château)

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0003, 4 January 1973, pp. 183-184.
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