Val-de-Meuse

Val-de-Meuse
Val-de-Meuse

Coordinates: 48°00′01″N 5°29′48″E / 48.0003°N 5.4967°E / 48.0003; 5.4967Coordinates: 48°00′01″N 5°29′48″E / 48.0003°N 5.4967°E / 48.0003; 5.4967
Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Langres
Canton Canton of Val-de-Meuse
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Bassigny
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gérard Didier
Area1 92.56 km2 (35.74 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 2,211
  Density 24/km2 (62/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 52332 / 52140

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.

Val-de-Meuse is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

Val-de-Meuse was created in 1972 by the merger of the former communes of Avrecourt, Épinant, Lécourt, Maulain, Montigny-le-Roi (main area of the new commune), Provenchères-sur-Meuse, Ravennefontaines, Récourt and Saulxures and in 1974 Lénizeul. In 2012 Saulxures became an independent commune again.

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