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Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
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Chaumont-devant-Damvillers (, ) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is known as the place where the last soldier to die in the First World War was killed, when American Henry Gunther died charging a German position sixty seconds before the Armistice came into effect.
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Chaumont-devant-Damvillers is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Damvillers and the arrondissement of Verdun in the Meuse department. The municipality is located in the Grand Est region and shares borders with Azannes-et-Soumazannes, Damvillers, Moirey-Flabas-Crépion, and Romagne-sous-les-Côtes. It is named after Damvillers and has an area of 5.35 square kilometers with an elevation of 329 meters above sea level.
The commune has a population of 68, comprising 24 males and 24 females, according to one source, while another lists the population as 35. Its postal code is 55150. Chaumont-devant-Damvillers received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 award. The associated electoral district is the canton of Montmédy.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 35
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Chaumont-Devant-Damvillers (Meuse).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Verdun
- French commune.canton
- Montmédy
- French commune.INSEE
- 55107
- French commune.postal code
- 55150
- French commune.mayor
- Yannick Jeanjean
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Damvillers Spincourt
- French commune.elevation m
- 235
- French commune.elevation min m
- 218
- French commune.elevation max m
- 329
- French commune.area km2
- 5.35
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Damvillers
- Official name
- Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Verdun
- Population
- 46
- Area
- 5.35
- Elevation
- 252
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Ville-devant-Chaumont
- Image
- 55 CHAUMONT DEVANT DAMVILLERS.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
- postal code
- 55150
- associated electoral district
- canton of Montmédy
- male population
- 24
- female population
- 24
- P8168
- Justin Bartha
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-7-65-71-14-35
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- References
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers (, ) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is known as the place where the last soldier to die in the First World War was killed, when American Henry Gunther died charging a German position sixty seconds before the Armistice came into effect.
==See also== Communes of the Meuse department
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaumont-devant-Damvillers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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