Gondrecourt-le-Château

Gondrecourt-le-Château (French pronunciation: [ɡɔ̃dʁəkuʁ lə ʃɑto]) 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	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.

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

• 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. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0003, 4 January 1973, pp. 183-184.