Abaucourt-Hautecourt

Abaucourt-Hautecourt (French pronunciation: [abokuʁ otkuʁ]) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Commune
German Military cemetery
Location of Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Abaucourt-Hautecourt Show map of France Abaucourt-Hautecourt Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 49°11′49″N 5°32′26″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	Pays d'Étain
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Mittaux[1]
Area 1	9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	100
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Abaucourtois, Abaucourtoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55002 /55400
Elevation	210–251 m (689–823 ft) (avg. 233 m or 764 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Abbaucourt-Hautecourt is located on the Highway D603 which transects the commune from south-east to north-east about 8 km north-east of Verdun. Highway D114 also transects the commune from north to south. Both Highways intersect in the village of Abaucourt. The commune consists entirely of farmland.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Villages and Hamlets

• Broville: north of the D603.
• Eix-Abaucourt a small row of houses on the south side of the D603 midway between Eix and the village of Abaucourt.
• Hautecourt south of the D603.

History

In the 1970s, Abaucourt-lès-Souppleville joined Hautecourt-lès-Broville to form a new joint commune called "Abaucourt-Hautecourt".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Abaucourt-Hautecort

From	To	Name
1989	2001	Jean Schlemer
2001	2014	Marcel Picard
2014	Current	Jean-Marie Mittaux

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abaucourtois or Abaucourtoises in French.^[4]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 81 —     1821 96 +0.61% 1846 103 +0.28% 1872 114 +0.39% 1901 125 +0.32% 1926 154 +0.84% 1946 112 −1.58% 1962 113 +0.06%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 126 +1.83% 1975 118 −0.93% 1982 100 −2.34% 1990 112 +1.43% 1999 111 −0.10% 2009 100 −1.04% 2014 118 +3.37% 2020 101 −2.56%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999)[5] and INSEE[6]

Sites and Monuments

• German Military Cemetery No. 7885 (1914-1918)
• War Memorial^[7]

Religious Buildings

The commune does not have a church.

Notable people linked to the Commune

• Lieutenant René Dorme, a famous aviator of the First World War.

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

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. Google Maps
4. Le nom des habitants du 55 - Meuse, habitants.fr
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abaucourt-Hautecourt, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00036854 War Memorial (in French)

External links

Media related to Abaucourt-Hautecourt at Wikimedia Commons

• Abaucourt-Hautecourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Abaucourt & Hauteceurt on the 1750 Cassini Map