Gondrecourt-le-Château
Encyclopedia
Gondrecourt-le-Château is a commune
in the Meuse
department in Lorraine
in north-eastern France
.
On January 1, 1973 (prefectoral order dated December 1, 1972), the communes of Luméville-en-Ornois
and Touraille-sous-Bois merged with and became part of it.
(Gondrecourt-le-Château)
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Meuse
Meuse
Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse.-History:Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
On January 1, 1973 (prefectoral order dated December 1, 1972), the communes of Luméville-en-Ornois
Luméville-en-Ornois
Luméville-en-Ornois is a village and a former French commune of the Meuse department in the administrative region of Lorraine, in north-eastern France....
and Touraille-sous-Bois merged with and became part of it.
Notable people
- Louis JacquinotLouis JacquinotLouis Jacquinot was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office.Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he later served for a short time as under-secretary of state for home affairs in Paul Reynaud's cabinet...
, former Minister of the Marine (Navy) in 1944 - Fernand BraudelFernand BraudelFernand Braudel was a French historian and a leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects, each representing several decades of intense study: The Mediterranean , Civilization and Capitalism , and the unfinished Identity of France...
, historian born in Luméville-en-OrnoisLuméville-en-OrnoisLuméville-en-Ornois is a village and a former French commune of the Meuse department in the administrative region of Lorraine, in north-eastern France....
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)