Gondrecourt-le-Château

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Gondrecourt-le-Château

(2020–2026) Daniel Renaudeau^[1]Area

51.33 km² (19.82 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,053 • Density21/km² (53/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

55215 /55130

Elevation287–428 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.

Gondrecourt-le-Château (French pronunciation: [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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.