Luméville-en-Ornois () is a village and a former French
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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of the
Meuse
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department in the administrative region of
Lorraine
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, in north-eastern
France
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Gondrecourt-le-Château
Gondrecourt-le-Château () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
On January 1, 1973 (prefectoral order dated December 1, 1972), the communes of Luméville-en-Ornois and Touraille-sous-Bois merged with and beca ...
, at the same time as Touraille-sous-Bois. After this merger and consolidation, its status is an associated commune ("Commune associée").
The J.F. Mouginot company, a maker of chairs, seats and beds for hotels and restaurants, is located in the area.J.F. Mouginot Company website /ref> Its clientele includes the Ritz Hotel in Paris, the
Embassy of the United States in Paris
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,
Deauville
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Holiday Inn
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and
Best Western
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.
Fernand Braudel
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, the 20th century French historian, was born in this village in 1902.