Gondrecourt-le-Château
Gondrecourt-le-Château is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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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 km2 (19.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,085 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (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 km2 (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
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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