Abaucourt

Abaucourt
Commune
The church in Abaucourt
Coat of arms
Location of Abaucourt
Abaucourt Abaucourt
Coordinates: 48°53′52″N 6°15′31″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Entre Seille et Meurthe
Intercommunality	Seille et Grand Couronné
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	David Renkes
Area 1	7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	317
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Abaucourtois, Abaucourtoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	54001 /54610
Elevation	182–235 m (597–771 ft) (avg. 192 m or 630 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Abaucourt (French pronunciation: [abokuʁ]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

Geography

One arrives in Abaucourt by the D45 by way of Nomeny (by the west) or by Létricourt (by the southwest). 2.6 km separates it from Nomeny and region 15 of Pont-à-Mousson.

History

• Etymology of the name:

Names ending in "court" come from the Latin "cortis", which indicated a farmyard. The name is applied to the farm itself, around which the village formed. Consequently, the etymology of the word Abaucourt could be considered as such :

Ab (preposition) = "of a different place"

Ad (preposition) = "at, towards, around"

Cortem, Cortis' = "of the court, farm, property"

• Various titles from the 12th century (originated in the archives of the college of Fénétrange) mention Abaucourt and the court and estate of Vitrimont that depended on this village : one or the other belonged to Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Neuwiller-lès-Saverne, Alsace. This it is attested by a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander III in 1178 where the church of Abaucourt was listed as property belonging to the abbey.
• Razing as a result of World War I

Administration

List of Mayors

Election Date	Name
1988–2001	Etienne Messin
2001–2008	Hervé Mazzoli
2008–2020	Christophe Fieutelot
2020–Current	David Renkes

Population

Inhabitants are called Abaucourtois in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 474 —     1800 551 +2.17% 1806 596 +1.32% 1821 622 +0.29% 1831 661 +0.61% 1836 636 −0.77% 1841 632 −0.13% 1846 644 +0.38% 1851 672 +0.85% 1856 614 −1.79% 1861 615 +0.03% 1872 609 −0.09% 1876 616 +0.29% 1881 604 −0.39% 1886 600 −0.13% 1891 567 −1.13% 1896 546 −0.75% 1901 541 −0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 506 −1.33% 1911 487 −0.76% 1921 431 −1.21% 1926 363 −3.38% 1931 353 −0.56% 1936 349 −0.23% 1946 273 −2.43% 1954 287 +0.63% 1962 298 +0.47% 1968 279 −1.09% 1975 256 −1.22% 1982 277 +1.13% 1990 273 −0.18% 1999 309 +1.39% 2009 294 −0.50% 2014 303 +0.60% 2020 306 +0.16%
Source: EHESS (1793–1999) and INSEE

Sights

• Estate purchased for the Duke de Lorraine in 1562. Destroyed during the Thirty Years War.
• Château de Vintremont destroyed after 1842.

Religious buildings

• Church rebuilt in 1918

Civil buildings

• Town hall
• School

See also

• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department

External links

• Photography of Abaucourt
• Abaucourt