Velaines

Velaines
Velaines

Coordinates: 48°42′14″N 5°18′09″E / 48.7039°N 5.3025°ECoordinates: 48°42′14″N 5°18′09″E / 48.7039°N 5.3025°E
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Bar-le-Duc
Canton Ligny-en-Barrois
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Centre Ornain
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Claude Midon
Area1 10.71 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 979
  Density 91/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 55543 / 55500
Elevation 213–364 m (699–1,194 ft)
(avg. 218 m or 715 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.

Velaines is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

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