Gondrecourt-le-Château
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Commercy | |
| Canton | Ligny-en-Barrois | |
| Community association | Haute Saulx and Perthois-Val d'Ornois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 31 ' N , 5 ° 30' E | |
| height | 287-428 m | |
| surface | 51.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,085 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55130 | |
| INSEE code | 55215 | |
 The Ornain in Gondrecourt |
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Gondrecourt-le-Chateau is a French commune in the department of Meuse in the region of Grand Est (2015 Lorraine ). It was the capital of the canton of Gondrecourt-le-Château until 2015 , since then the municipality has belonged to the canton of Ligny-en-Barrois , and has 1085 inhabitants (January 1, 2017).
geography
The municipality is located on the upper Ornain in the south of the Meuse department, about 40 kilometers southwest of Toul .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
| Residents | 1241 | 1249 | 1455 | 1594 | 1622 | 1377 | 1254 | 1137 |
Personalities
Gondrecourt is the birthplace of the historian Fernand Braudel (1902–1985) and the former Gaullist MP and Minister Louis Jacquinot (1898–1993).
Web links
Commons : Gondrecourt-le-Château - Collection of images, videos and audio files
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 491-494.