Previously part of the former province of Barrois, under the provostship of Briey, Roncourt is first mentioned in records dating from 1128, in connection with the Church of Saint-Georges. Burials dating from the barbarian period were discovered in the area during the last century.
The village boundaries are home to a farm, and Jaumont stone, quarried from the limestone quarry in the Bois de Jaumont, is used in construction and for road surfacing.
The cemetery surrounding the listed church, the statue of Saint George on a cemetery gate dating from 1654, as well as a 15th-century fortified house and the ruins of a castle from 1820 in the Bois de Jaumont, constitute the typical architecture of Roncourt.
Heritage to discover
- St George’s Church, Roncourt (15th–16th centuries) -> Religious building
Also known as the Chapel of Saint George, listed as a historic monument in 1895 and again in 1929, the Church of Saint George in Roncourt, built in the late Gothic style in 1466, features a 12th-century chancel, a nave and a 15th-century tower. - Fortified house – 15th century
