Cheppy | |
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Commune | |
Coordinates: 49°13′57″N 5°03′32″E / 49.2325°N 5.0589°ECoordinates: 49°13′57″N 5°03′32″E / 49.2325°N 5.0589°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Meuse |
Arrondissement | Verdun |
Canton | Clermont-en-Argonne |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Montfaucon-Varennes-en-Argonne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-François Lamorlette |
Area1 | 14.83 km2 (5.73 sq mi) |
Population (1999)2 | 131 |
• Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 55113 /55270 |
Elevation | 155–239 m (509–784 ft) (avg. 169 m or 554 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Cheppy is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It was a site of fighting during the World War I. An American monument sculpted by Nancy Coonsman have been erected there by the State of Missouri after the war to honour the volunteers of the state.