Haumont-près-Samogneux
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Belleville-sur-Meuse | |
| Community association | Grand Verdun | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 16 ' N , 5 ° 21' E | |
| height | 194-355 m | |
| surface | 10.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 0 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 0 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55100 | |
| INSEE code | 55239 | |
Haumont-près-Samogneux is a French commune without inhabitants in the department of Meuse in the region of Grand Est (2015 Lorraine ). The population was 131 in 1911, compared to five in 1921.
This commune is one of nine villages in the Meuse department that were completely destroyed in the First World War during the Battle of Verdun and were never rebuilt. After the hostilities ceased, it was decided to preserve the parish, which was declared a "village fallen for France" in memory of the events there. Reasons for the resettlement were also the pollution of the soil with duds, remnants of poison gas, other war material and of course the unburied dead. Nowadays the commune is administered by a three-person council: the three people are appointed by the head of the département (the prefect). Haumont-près-Samogneux lies north of Verdun on the right bank of the Meuse. The place can be reached via a side road that branches off the D964 at Samogneux.
The nine villages destroyed are Beaumont , Bezonvaux , Cumières , Douaumont , Fleury , Haumont, Louvemont , Ornes and Vaux .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 194-197.
