Fleury-devant-Douaumont

Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Commune
Sign indicating the site of the destroyed village
Coat of arms
Location of Fleury-devant-Douaumont
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Coordinates: 49°11′53″N 5°25′44″E / 49.19801°N 5.42883°E / 49.19801; 5.42883
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	CA Grand Verdun
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Laparra
Area 1	10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55189 /55100
Elevation	227–390 m (745–1,280 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fleury-devant-Douaumont (French pronunciation: [flœʁi dəvɑ̃ dwomɔ̃], 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. Since then, it has been 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.