Vaucouleurs
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Commune of Vaucouleurs |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Lorraine |
Department | Meuse |
Arrondissement | Commercy |
Canton | Vaucouleurs |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Val des Couleurs |
Mayor | Gilles Varnier (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 242 m–372 m |
Land area¹ | 39 km² |
Population² (1999) |
2,289 |
- Density | 58/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 55533/ 55140 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Vaucouleurs is a historic town and commune in France, in the département of Meuse. Joan of Arc stayed in Vaucouleurs for several months during 1428 and 1429 while she sought permission to visit the royal court of Charles VII of France.
- Distance from Paris: 300 km.
- Sister-city: Neidenstein, Germany.
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