Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Sign in to saveFleury-devant-Douaumont (, literally Fleury before Douaumont) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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Place details
- Locality
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
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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
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
- Shares border with
- Douaumont-Vaux
- Image
- Fleury destroyed village.jpg
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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.