Abaucourt-Hautecourt

Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Commune
	German Military cemetery
	Location of Abaucourt-Hautecourt
	Abaucourt-Hautecourt Abaucourt-Hautecourt
	Coordinates: 49°11′49″N 5°32′26″E / 49.197°N 5.5405°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	Pays d'Étain
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Mittaux
Area 1	9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi)
Population (2021)	99
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Abaucourtois, Abaucourtoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55002 /55400
Elevation	210–251 m (689–823 ft) ; (avg. 233 m or 764 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Abaucourt-Hautecourt (French pronunciation: [abokuʁ otkuʁ]) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Geography

Abbaucourt-Hautecourt is located on the Highway D603 which transects the commune from south-east to north-east about 8 km north-east of Verdun. Highway D114 also transects the commune from north to south. Both Highways intersect in the village of Abaucourt. The commune consists entirely of farmland.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Villages and Hamlets

Broville: north of the D603.
Eix-Abaucourt a small row of houses on the south side of the D603 midway between Eix and the village of Abaucourt.
Hautecourt south of the D603.

History

In the 1970s, Abaucourt-lès-Souppleville joined Hautecourt-lès-Broville to form a new joint commune called "Abaucourt-Hautecourt".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Abaucourt-Hautecort

From	To	Name
1989	2001	Jean Schlemer
2001	2014	Marcel Picard
2014	Current	Jean-Marie Mittaux

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abaucourtois or Abaucourtoises in French.^[4]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	81	—
1821	96	+0.61%
1846	103	+0.28%
1872	114	+0.39%
1901	125	+0.32%
1926	154	+0.84%
1946	112	−1.58%
1962	113	+0.06%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	126	+1.83%
1975	118	−0.93%
1982	100	−2.34%
1990	112	+1.43%
1999	111	−0.10%
2009	100	−1.04%
2014	118	+3.37%
2020	101	−2.56%

Source: EHESS (1793-1999)^[5] and INSEE^[6]

Sites and Monuments

German Military Cemetery No. 7885 (1914-1918)
War Memorial^[7]

Religious Buildings

The commune does not have a church.

Notable people linked to the Commune

Lieutenant René Dorme, a famous aviator of the First World War.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Google Maps
^ Le nom des habitants du 55 - Meuse, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abaucourt-Hautecourt, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00036854 War Memorial (in French)

External links

Media related to Abaucourt-Hautecourt at Wikimedia Commons

Abaucourt-Hautecourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Abaucourt & Hauteceurt on the 1750 Cassini Map

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[Google-3] Google Maps

[4] Le nom des habitants du 55 - Meuse, habitants.fr

[ehess-5] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abaucourt-Hautecourt, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-6] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[7] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00036854 War Memorial (in French)

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