Abaucourt-Hautecourt

Abaucourt-Hautecourt
German Military cemetery
Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Location within Lorraine region Abaucourt-Hautecourt
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-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.

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.

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	Party	Position
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.

Population Change (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)

Population of Abaucourt-Hautecourt

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

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
• Abaucourt-Hautecourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Abaucourt & Hauteceurt on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Abaucourt-Hautecourt on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)