Beauclair
Commune in Grand Est, France
Beauclair
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Coordinates: 49°27′31″N 5°06′56″E / 49.4586°N 5.1156°E / 49.4586; 5.1156 | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Meuse |
Arrondissement | Verdun |
Canton | Stenay |
Government
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• Mayor (2020 – 2026) | François Watrin [1] |
Area
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4.84 km 2 (1.87 sq mi) |
Population | 93 |
• Density | 19/km 2 (50/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET ) |
• Summer ( DST ) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST ) |
INSEE /Postal code |
55036
/55700
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Elevation |
174–308
m (571–1,010
ft)
(avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Beauclair ( French pronunciation: [boklɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France .
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 92 | — |
1968 | 94 | +2.2% |
1975 | 75 | −20.2% |
1982 | 72 | −4.0% |
1990 | 84 | +16.7% |
1999 | 85 | +1.2% |
2007 | 85 | +0.0% |
2009 | 84 | −1.2% |
In popular culture
In the Blood and Wine expansion to the critically acclaimed 2015 game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , the capital of the fictional duchy of Toussaint is named after the real town of Beauclair. Several references pay homage to the town and the region, like its wine-making tradition and mention to a fictional brand of wine named Est-Est .
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" . data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2020" . The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies . 29 December 2022.
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