Gondrecourt-le-Château explained

Gondrecourt-le-Château
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason de la ville de Gondrecourt-le-Château (55).svg
Arrondissement:	Commercy
Canton:	Ligny-en-Barrois
Insee:	55215
Postal Code:	55130
Mayor:	Daniel Renaudeau^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Portes de Meuse
Coordinates:	48.5142°N 5.5078°W
Elevation M:	280
Elevation Min M:	287
Elevation Max M:	428
Area Km2:	51.33

Gondrecourt-le-Château (in French pronounced as /ɡɔ̃dʁəkuʁ lə ʃɑto/) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

On 1 January 1973 (prefectoral order dated 1 December 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

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

(Gondrecourt-le-Château)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.