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Cumières-le-Mort-Homme

Coordinates: 49°14′00″N 5°16′54″E / 49.2333°N 5.2817°E / 49.2333; 5.2817
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Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
The war memorial in Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
The war memorial in Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Coat of arms of Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Location of Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
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Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is located in France
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is located in Grand Est
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Coordinates: 49°14′00″N 5°16′54″E / 49.2333°N 5.2817°E / 49.2333; 5.2817
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementVerdun
CantonBelleville-sur-Meuse
IntercommunalityCA Grand Verdun
Area
1
6.11 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55139 /55100
Elevation185–287 m (607–942 ft)
(avg. 188 m or 617 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cumières-le-Mort-Homme (French pronunciation: [kymjɛʁ mɔʁ ɔm]) is a ghost 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), as have Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, and Fleury-devant-Douaumont.

History

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During World War I, the town was destroyed and the land made so uninhabitable that officials decided not to rebuild it. The site is maintained as a testimony to war and is officially designated a "village that died for France." It is managed by a municipal council of three members appointed by the prefect of the Meuse department.

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References

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  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.