Abaucourt-Hautecourt

Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Commune
German Military cemetery
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Coordinates: 49°11′49″N 5°32′26″E / 49.197°N 5.5405°E / 49.197; 5.5405Coordinates: 49°11′49″N 5°32′26″E / 49.197°N 5.5405°E / 49.197; 5.5405
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020-2026)	Jean-Marie Mittaux
Area 1	9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	103
• Density	11/km2 (28/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.

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[]

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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[]

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List of Successive Mayors of Abaucourt-Hautecort

From	To	Name
1989	2001	Jean Schlemer
2001	2014	Marcel Picard
2014	2026	Jean-Marie Mittaux

Population[]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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% 1901 125 +0.32% 1906 148 +3.44% 1911 143 −0.68% 1921 296 +7.55% 1926 154 −12.25%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 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% 2006 102 −1.20% 2007 101 −0.98% 2008 100 −0.99% 2009 100 +0.00% 2010 99 −1.00% 2011 104 +5.05% 2012 110 +5.77% 2013 116 +5.45% 2014 118 +1.72% 2015 115 −2.54% 2016 111 −3.48% 2017 107 −3.60% 2018 103 −3.74%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999)[4] and INSEE[5][6]

Politics[]

Presidential Elections Second Round:^[7]

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
	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^[8]

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

References[]

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