Abaucourt

Abaucourt
Commune
The church in Abaucourt

Coat of arms
Abaucourt
Location within Grand Est region
Abaucourt
Coordinates: 48°53′52″N 6°15′31″E / 48.8978°N 6.2586°E / 48.8978; 6.2586Coordinates: 48°53′52″N 6°15′31″E / 48.8978°N 6.2586°E / 48.8978; 6.2586
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Nancy
Canton Entre Seille et Meurthe
Intercommunality Communauté de commune de Seille et Mauchère - Grand Couronné
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Christophe Fieutelot
Area1 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 303
  Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 54001 /54610
Elevation 182–235 m (597–771 ft)
(avg. 192 m or 630 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.

Abaucourt is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

As of 2008 Abaucourt has a population of 300; inhabitants are called Abaucourtois.

Geography

One arrives in Abaucourt by the D45 by way of Nomeny (by the west) or by Létricourt (by the southwest). 2.6 km separates it from Nomeny and region 15 of Pont-à-Mousson.

History

  • Etymology of the name:

Names ending in "court" come from the Latin "cortis", which indicated a farmyard. The name is applied to the farm itself, around which the village formed. Consequently, the etymology of the word Abaucourt could be considered as such :

Ab (preposition) = "of a different place"
Ad (preposition) = "at, towards, around"
Cortem, Cortis' = "of the court, farm, property"
  • Various titles from the 12th century (originated in the archives of the college of Fénétrange) mention Abaucourt and the court and estate of Vitrimont that depended on this village : one or the other belonged to Abbey Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Neuwiller-lès-Saverne in Alsace. This it is attested by a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander III in 1178 where the church of Abaucourt was listed as property belonging to the abbey.
  • Razing as a result of World War I

Administration

List of Mayors
Election DateName
19882001Etienne Messin
20012008Hervé Mazzoli
20082014Christophe Fieutelot

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1954287    
1962298+3.8%
1968279−6.4%
1975256−8.2%
1982277+8.2%
1990273−1.4%
1999308+12.8%
2009294−4.5%
2014303+3.1%

Sights

  • Estate purchased for the Duke de Lorraine in 1562. Destroyed during the Thirty Years War.
  • Château de Vintremont destroyed after 1842.

Religious buildings

  • Church rebuilt in 1918

Civil buildings

  • Town hall
  • School

See also

References


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