Abaucourt-Hautecourt
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Belleville-sur-Meuse | |
| Community association | Pays d'Étain | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 ' N , 5 ° 32' E | |
| height | 210-251 m | |
| surface | 9.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 107 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55400 | |
| INSEE code | 55002 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Abaucourt-Hautecourt |
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Abaucourt-Hautecourt is a French commune with 107 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun and the canton of Belleville-sur-Meuse (until 2015: canton of Étain ). The inhabitants are called Abaucourtois .
geography
Abaucourt-Hautecourt is about 13 kilometers east-northeast of Verdun . Abaucourt-Hautecourt is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Dieppe-sous-Douaumont in the north and north-west, Fromezey in the east and north-east, Herméville-en-Woëvre in the south-east, Grimaucourt-en-Woëvre in the south, Eix in the west and south-west and Damloup in the west.
history
In 1973, today's municipality was created from the independent municipalities of Abaucourt-lès-Souppleville and Hautecourt-lès-Broville .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 113 | 84 | 118 | 100 | 112 | 111 | 102 | 116 |
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Attractions
- German military cemetery with 7,885 graves
Personalities
- René Dorme (1894–1917), fighter pilot of the First World War
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , p. 379.
