commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Meuse
The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
in north-eastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
On January 1, 1973 (prefectoral order dated December 1, 1972), the communes of
Luméville-en-Ornois Luméville-en-Ornois () is a village and a former French Communes of France, commune of the Meuse (department), Meuse department in the administrative region of Lorraine (region), Lorraine, in north-eastern France. Its population is 51 (2019).
and Touraille-sous-Bois merged with and became part of it.
Notable people
*
Louis Jacquinot
Louis Jacquinot (16 September 1898 – 14 June 1993) was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office.
Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château (Meuse) in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he la ...
, former Minister of the Marine (Navy) in 1944
*
Fernand Braudel
Fernand Braudel (; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian and leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects: ''The Mediterranean'' (1923–49, then 1949–66), ''Civilization and Capitalism'' ...
, historian born in
Luméville-en-Ornois Luméville-en-Ornois () is a village and a former French Communes of France, commune of the Meuse (department), Meuse department in the administrative region of Lorraine (region), Lorraine, in north-eastern France. Its population is 51 (2019).
1902
* Fernand Fleuret, writer and poet, born in Gondrecout April 1883
* André Droitcourt, former Deputy of the Meuse from 1993 to 1997