Ornes (Meuse)

Ornes
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Community association	Grand Verdun
Coordinates	49 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 28 ′  E
height	209-327 m
surface	18.52 km 2
Residents	5 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	0 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55150
INSEE code	55394
Ruins of the destroyed church

Ornes ( patois Ioûne ) is a French commune with 5 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).

geography

The municipality of Ornes is located 15 kilometers northeast of Verdun and consists mainly of forest (Forêt de Verdun, Bois d'Hingry) . In Ornes springing Mosel tributary Orne .

history

The locality was one of nine villages destroyed in the First World War (1914-1918) and one of six that were not rebuilt: The nine destroyed villages are Beaumont-en-Verdunois , Bezonvaux , Cumières , Douaumont , Fleury , Haumont , Louvemont , Ornes and Vaux . The place is now a memorial. Before it was destroyed, Ornes had about 1,300 inhabitants. Today the place is a desert , but is still considered a community.

Population development

year	1803	1901	1962	1975	1990	1999	2007
Residents	1035	861	5	2	10	6th	2

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 205-207.

Web links

Commons : Ornes  - collection of images

• Information on the destroyed villages (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henri Lemoine, Département de la Meuse , Dictionnaire des communes, 1991.