Coussey
Coussey (French pronunciation: [kusɛ] (
listen)) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
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 The road into Coussey | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Coussey 
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| Coordinates: 48°24′33″N 5°41′00″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Neufchâteau |
| Canton | Neufchâteau |
| Intercommunality | CC l'Ouest Vosgien |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Coiffier |
| Area 1 | 16.02 km2 (6.19 sq mi) |
| Population | 717 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88118 /88630 |
| Elevation | 267–422 m (876–1,385 ft) (avg. 284 m or 932 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sights
The twelfth-century church of Notre Dame (Our Lady) has a romanesque exterior while the interior is primarily in the Gothic style. Coussey the origins of the Coussey family.
Personalities
- The humorist and actor Didier Gustin grew up at Coussey.
- Pierre Grappin, the creator of a well-known French-German dictionary and the faculty Dean at Nanterre who hit the headlines when he closed down his faculty as part of an escalation of the "événements" involving students during 1968, was born at Coussey on 31 May 1915.
- Sir James Henley Coussey, who chaired the Coussey Constitutional Committee set up in December 1949 to draw up a new Constitution for the Gold Coast.
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
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