Vaucouleurs

Vaucouleurs
Chapelle castrale Chapelle castrale
Vaucouleurs
Location within Lorraine region Vaucouleurs
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Vaucouleurs
Intercommunality	Val des Couleurs
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gilles Varnier
Area1	39 km2 (15 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	2,289
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	55533 / 55140
Elevation	242–372 m (794–1,220 ft)
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.

This article is about the French commune. For the river, see Vaucouleurs (river).

Vaucouleurs is a commune in the Meuse department of France, located approximately 300 km (190 mi) from Paris.

Joan of Arc stayed in Vaucouleurs for several months during 1428 and 1429 while she sought permission to visit the royal court of Charles VII of France.

Notable People

• Madame du Barry (1743 - 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV
• Jacques Thuillier (1928 - 2011) was an art-historian
• Rébeval Joseph Boyer (1768 - 1822) was a French general

Twin towns

• Neidenstein, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

External links

• Official Site
• Joan of Arc and Vaucouleurs