Abaucourt-Hautecourt

Abaucourt-Hautecourt
German Military cemetery
Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Location within Lorraine region Abaucourt-Hautecourt
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	Lorraine
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Étain
Intercommunality	Pays d'Étain
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Marie Mittaux
Area¹	9.68 km² (3.74 sq mi)
Population (2009)²	100
• Density	10/km² (27/sq mi)
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. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Abaucourt-Hautecourt is a French commune in the Meuse department in the Lorraine region of north-eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abaucourtois or Abaucourtoises.^[1]

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.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Abaucourt-Hautecourt

Eix

Grimaucourt-en-Woëvre

Hermeville-en-Woëvre

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	2020	Jean-Marie Mittaux

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009, the commune had 100 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]} ^{[Note 2]}

Evolution of the Population (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
81	77	91	96	103	100	110	103	99

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
100	108	100	114	140	119	112	132	123

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
125	148	143	296	154	140	162	112	123

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
113	126	118	100	112	114	100	100	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Before the merging of the two towns in 1954 Abaucourt-lès-Souppleville had 123 inhabitants and Hautecourt-lès-Broville had 67 inhabitants.

Sites and Monuments

German Military Cemetery No. 7885 (1914-1918)
War Memorial^[3]

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.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.
↑ In the census table and the graph, by convention in Wikipedia, and to allow a fair comparison between five yearly censuses, the principle has been retained for subsequent legal populations since 1999 displayed in the census table and the graph that shows populations for the years 2006, 2011, 2016, etc.. , as well as the latest legal population published by INSEE

References

↑ Inhabitants of Meuse (French)
↑ 2.0 2.1 Google Maps
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00036854 War Memorial (French)

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Communes of the Meuse department