Abaucourt-Hautecourt

Abaucourt-Hautecourt is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Commune
German Military cemetery
Location of Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Coordinates: 49°11′49″N 5°32′26″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementVerdun
CantonBelleville-sur-Meuse
IntercommunalityPays d'Étain
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Jean-Marie Mittaux
Area
1
9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
107
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Abaucourtois, Abaucourtoises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55002 /55400
Elevation210–251 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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abaucourtois or Abaucourtoises.[2]

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

[3]

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

FromToNamePartyPosition
19892001Jean Schlemer
20012014Marcel Picard
2014CurrentJean-Marie Mittaux

(Not all data is known)

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 81—    
1800 77−0.72%
1806 91+2.82%
1821 96+0.36%
1831 103+0.71%
1836 100−0.59%
1841 110+1.92%
1846 103−1.31%
1851 99−0.79%
1856 100+0.20%
1861 108+1.55%
1866 100−1.53%
1872 114+2.21%
1876 140+5.27%
1881 119−3.20%
1886 112−1.21%
1891 132+3.34%
1896 123−1.40%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 125+0.32%
1906 148+3.44%
1911 143−0.68%
1921 296+7.55%
1926 154−12.25%
1931 140−1.89%
1936 162+2.96%
1946 112−3.62%
1954 123+1.18%
1962 113−1.05%
1968 126+1.83%
1975 118−0.93%
1982 100−2.34%
1990 112+1.43%
1999 111−0.10%
2007 101−1.17%
2012 110+1.72%
2017 107−0.55%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[5]

Politics

Presidential Elections Second Round:[6]

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Marine Le Pen FN 61.11
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 66.22
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 62.67
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 79.75

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.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Meuse (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Données Cassini, EHESS
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/
  7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00036854 War Memorial (in French)

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