Ortoncourt is a commune

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 Vosges

Vosges

Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...

 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 northeastern 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...

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History

There is a record of a latinate version of the name, Ortonis curte, recorded in the eleventh century when the village was part of the bailiwick

Bailiwick

A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of...

 of Châtel-sur-Moselle

Châtel-sur-Moselle

Châtel-sur-Moselle is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.-History:With its commanding position alongside the Mosel River, located at the junction of the three main Roman roads and at the end of the Trans-Burgundy highway, Châtel played a strategic role throughout...

. In terms of ecclesiastical administration its church, dedicated to Saint Urban, came under the parish of Moyemont

Moyemont

Moyemont is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.-Geography:Moyemont is a rural commune positioned between Charmes to the west and Rambervillers some to the east. To the south of the village, more than half of the commune's 1,230 hectares are covered by forest...

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Under the secular arrangements established in the wake of the French revolution

French Revolution

The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...

, Ortoncourt in 1790 became part of the canton of Fauconcourt

Fauconcourt

Fauconcourt is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France....

 in the district of Rambervillers

Rambervillers

Rambervillers is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.Inhabitants are called Rambuvetais.-Geography:The town is built on the banks of the Mortagne, some to the west of Saint-Dié and to the north-east of Épinal....

until 1800 when the modern administrative structure was introduced.