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Commune in Grand Est, France
Gondrecourt-le-Château
Commune
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Location of Gondrecourt-le-Château
Gondrecourt-le-Château is located in FranceGondrecourt-le-ChâteauGondrecourt-le-ChâteauShow map of FranceGondrecourt-le-Château is located in Grand EstGondrecourt-le-ChâteauGondrecourt-le-ChâteauShow map of Grand Est
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
Area51.33 km (19.82 sq mi)
Population1,041
 • Density20/km (53/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code55215 /55130
Elevation287–428 m (942–1,404 ft)
(avg. 280 m or 920 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (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.

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 de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0003, 4 January 1973, pp. 183-184.
Communes of the Meuse department


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