Abaucourt

Abaucourt
Abaucourt
Commune
	The church in Abaucourt
	Coat of arms
	Location of Abaucourt
	Abaucourt Location within France Abaucourt Location within Grand Est
	Coordinates: 48°53′52″N 6°15′31″E / 48.8978°N 6.2586°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)
Elevation	192 m (630 ft)
Highest elevation	235 m (771 ft)
Lowest elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population (2023)	330
• Density	42/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
	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	Étienne 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%
2007	291	−0.75%
2012	303	+0.81%
2017	299	−0.27%
2023	330	+1.66%

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

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abaucourt, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE