Commune in Grand Est, France
Gondrecourt-le-Château | |
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Commune | |
The church in Gondrecourt-le-Château | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Gondrecourt-le-Château | |
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Coordinates: 48°30′51″N 5°30′28″E / 48.5142°N 5.5078°E / 48.5142; 5.5078 | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Meuse |
Arrondissement | Commercy |
Canton | Ligny-en-Barrois |
Intercommunality | Portes de Meuse |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Daniel Renaudeau |
Area | 51.33 km (19.82 sq mi) |
Population | 1,041 |
• Density | 20/km (53/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 55215 /55130 |
Elevation | 287–428 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
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- 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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