Ornes, Meuse

Ornes
Commune
Ruins of the Ornes church
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°15′13″N 5°28′21″E / 49.2536°N 5.4725°E / 49.2536; 5.4725Coordinates: 49°15′13″N 5°28′21″E / 49.2536°N 5.4725°E / 49.2536; 5.4725
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Charles Saint-Vanne
Area 1	18.52 km2 (7.15 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	6
• Density	0.32/km2 (0.84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55394 /55150
Elevation	209–327 m (686–1,073 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.

Ornes (French pronunciation: ​[ɔʁn]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The village is one of the nine French villages destroyed in the First World War and one of six that was never rebuilt. It's now a memorial place.

Even though a few houses and a handful of permanent residents remain, the village is classified as having "died for France".

Population[]

In 2018, the commune had 6 inhabitants.^[2]

Politics[]

Presidential Elections Second Round:^[3]

Geography[]

Ornes is located on departmental road 24, about 12 km to the north-east of Verdun. The source of the Orne river is in the commune.

The village is on the border of the where thousands of shells fell during World War I.

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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