Coussey

Coussey
Coussey
Location within Lorraine region  Coussey
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Neufchâteau
Canton	Coussey
Intercommunality	Pays de Jeanne
Mayor	Bernard Adam (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	267–422 m (876–1,385 ft) (avg. 284 m/932 ft)
Land area1	16.02 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population2	734  (2006)
- Density	46 /km2 (120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	88118/ 88630
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°24′33″N 5°41′00″E / 48.4091666667°N 5.68333333333°E / 48.4091666667; 5.68333333333

Coussey is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.

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.

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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, Sir Henly Coussey Constitutional Committee set up in December 1949 to draw up a new Constitution for the Gold Coast.

See also

• Communes of the Vosges department

References

• INSEE