Gondrecourt-le-Château
(Redirected from Gondrecourt-le-Chateau)
Gondrecourt-le-Château | |
|---|---|
 The church in Gondrecourt-le-Château | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Gondrecourt-le-Château  | |
  Gondrecourt-le-Château  Gondrecourt-le-Château | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′51″N 5°30′28″E / 48.5142°N 5.5078°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Commercy |
| Canton | Ligny-en-Barrois |
| Intercommunality | Portes de Meuse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Daniel Renaudeau[1] |
Area 1 | 51.33 km2 (19.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,053 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (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) |
| 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0003, 4 January 1973, pp. 183-184.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gondrecourt-le-Château.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
 | This Meuse geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |