Vauquois

Vauquois
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Clermont-en-Argonne
Community association	Argonne-Meuse
Coordinates	49 ° 12 ' N , 5 ° 4' E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ' N , 5 ° 4' E
height	184-290 m
surface	8.14 km 2
Residents	17 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	2 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55270
INSEE code	55536
	; Church of the Immaculate Conception

Vauquois is a French commune with 17 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).

geography

The municipality is located 35 kilometers northwest of Verdun on the eastern edge of the Argonne . Neighboring municipalities of Vauquois are Cheppy in the north, Avocourt in the east, Aubréville in the southeast and Boureuilles in the south and west. Vauquois became famous for its 290 meter high mountain of the same name, which was bitterly fought over by a mine war during World War I.

history

The battle for Vauquois

Mount Vauquois was a strategic location: it allows a view of Verdun and Sainte-Menehould . From here the artillery fire could be directed against enemy positions. It was therefore contested.

Both sides heard the other side's underground digs. In this mine war the aim was to detonate the explosive charge in front of the enemy. The mountain had to endure 536 explosions. The village was so wiped out that not even the remains of a cellar could be seen.

The area was full of ammunition, war material and corpses. After the war, the residents were therefore refused entry.

The settlement was rebuilt at the foot of the southern slope.

Memorial to the fallen of the First World War
Position systems on the hill of Vauquois

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	39	48	49	36	28	26th	19th

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 996-998.

Web links

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