Abaucourt-Hautecourt

Abaucourt-Hautecourt (French pronunciation: [abokuʁ otkuʁ]) 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
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Coordinates: 49°11′49″N 5°32′26″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[1]
Area 1	9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	100
• Density	10/km2 (27/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.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department