Gondrecourt-le-Château

Gondrecourt-le-Château is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Gondrecourt-le-Château
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
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Ligny-en-Barrois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Val d’Ornois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Stéphane Martin
Area ^1	51.33 km^2 (19.82 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,085
• Density	21/km^2 (55/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

On January 1, 1973 (prefectoral order dated December 1, 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

• Communes of the Meuse department

(Gondrecourt-le-Château)

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.