Gondrecourt-le-Château
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Location within Lorraine region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Commercy |
| Canton | Gondrecourt-le-Château |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Val d’Ornois |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Stéphane Martin |
| Area1 | 51.33 km2 (19.82 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 1,377 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Gondrecourt-le-Château is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.
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
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