Fleury-devant-Douaumont
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Fleury-devant-Douaumont is a commune in France, situated within the Meuse department and the arrondissement of Verdun. It lies in the Grand Est region and shares borders with Belleville-sur-Meuse, Bras-sur-Meuse, Damloup, and Douaumont. The administrative area covers 10.27 square kilometers, with an elevation of 390 meters above sea level. The postal code for the locality is 55100.
The site is characterized as an abandoned village. According to available records, its population is listed as 0, with no male or female residents currently recorded. The location has received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 award. A museum is present in the area, and the commune is associated with the canton of Belleville-sur-Meuse for electoral purposes.
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- Locality
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont-FR-55-fin juin 1916-B.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Photo from Fleury-devant-Douaumont in June 1916
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Fleury-devant-Douaumont (Meuse).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Verdun
- French commune.canton
- Belleville-sur-Meuse
- French commune.INSEE
- 55189
- French commune.postal code
- 55100
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Pierre Laparra
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Grand Verdun
- French commune.elevation min m
- 227
- French commune.elevation max m
- 390
- French commune.area km2
- 10.27
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Verdun
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 10.27
- Elevation
- 327
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Douaumont-Vaux
- Image
- Fleury destroyed village.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- postal code
- 55100
- topic's main category
- Category:Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- associated electoral district
- canton of Belleville-sur-Meuse
- male population
- 0
- female population
- 0
- native label
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont
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Fleury-devant-Douaumont (, literally Fleury before Douaumont) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
During the Battle of Verdun in 1916 it was captured and recaptured by the Germans and French 16 times, with all structures being completely destroyed. Since then, it has been declared to have "died for France", and thus remains unoccupied (official population: 0), as have the communes of Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre and Cumières-le-Mort-Homme.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fleury-devant-Douaumont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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