Haumont-près-Samogneux

Haumont-près-Samogneux
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°16′25″N 5°21′12″E / 49.2736°N 5.3533°E / 49.2736; 5.3533Coordinates: 49°16′25″N 5°21′12″E / 49.2736°N 5.3533°E / 49.2736; 5.3533
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Gérard Gervaise
Area 1	10.81 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[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	55239 /55100
Elevation	194–355 m (636–1,165 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Haumont-près-Samogneux is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, it has been unoccupied (official population: 0) along with Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme and Fleury-devant-Douaumont.

During the war, the town was completely destroyed and the land was made uninhabitable to such an extent that a decision was made not to rebuild it. The site of the commune is maintained as a testimony to war and is officially designated as a "village that died for France." It is managed by a municipal council of three members appointed by the prefect of the Meuse department.

See also[]

• Zone rouge (First World War)
• List of French villages destroyed in World War I
• Communes of the Meuse department

References[]

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