Fleury-devant-Douaumont | |
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Coordinates: 49°11′53″N 5°25′44″E / 49.19801°N 5.42883°E | |
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.
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