Les Hauts-de-Chée

Les Hauts-de-Chée
Les Hauts-de-Chée
Location within Lorraine region  Les Hauts-de-Chée
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Canton of Vaubecourt
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Triaucourt Vaubecourt
Mayor	Reine Varinot (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	184–301 m (604–988 ft) (avg. 213 m/699 ft)
Land area1	50.17 km2 (19.37 sq mi)
Population2	759  (1999)
- Density	15 /km2 (39 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	55123/ 55000
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.

Coordinates: 48°52′05″N 5°10′03″E / 48.8680555556°N 5.1675°E / 48.8680555556; 5.1675

Les Hauts-de-Chée is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

The former towns of Génicourt-sous-Condé, Hargeville-sur-Chée, Louppy-sur-Chée (Loppy-le-Petit) and Les Marats (Marat-la-Grande, Marat-la-Petite) were joined to Condé-en-Barrois on 20 June 1972, which subsequently changed its name to Les Hauts-de-Chée on 1 July 1972.

Geography

The river Chée rises in the eastern part of the commune, then flows westward through the middle of the commune, crossing through several villages and hamlets.

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department