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Les Mazures
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Les Mazures is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Renwez and the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes department. It lies in the Grand Est region and borders the communes of Anchamps, Bourg-Fidèle, Deville, and Harcy. The town is located next to the Meuse river and has an elevation of 401 meters above sea level.
The area of Les Mazures is 36.14 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 948 residents, comprising 451 males and 452 females, while another records a population of 770. The postal code for the commune is 08500.
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- Locality
- Les Mazures
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 770
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Grand Est
- Department
- Ardennes
- Arrondissement
- Charleville-Mézières
- Canton
- Bogny-sur-Meuse
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Elisabeth Bonillo-Deram
- Area
- 36.14 km (13.95 sq mi)
- Density
- 23.4/km (60.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 08284 /08500
- Elevation
- 376 m (1,234 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Les Mazures
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières
- Population
- 867
- Area
- 36.14
- Elevation
- 331
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Meuse
- Shares border with
- Sécheval
- Official website
- www.lesmazures.fr
- Image
- Les Mazures-FR-08-mairie-a3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Les Mazures
- postal code
- 08500
- associated electoral district
- canton of Bogny-sur-Meuse
- male population
- 451
- female population
- 452
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-24-40-10-94
- fax number
- +33-3-24-40-41-88
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Encyclopedic overview
Les Mazures ( French pronunciation: [le mazyʁ]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
During the Second World War, Les Mazures was the site of a forced labour camp, used by the Nazis for the detainment of Jews and French prisoners of war of North African origin. 288 Jewish men from Antwerp were imprisoned in Les Mazures in July 1942. In October 1942 and January 1944, most of them were deported to Auschwitz, where 239 of them were assassinated.
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