Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
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Location within Grand Est region
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
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| Coordinates: 49°14′00″N 5°16′54″E / 49.2333°N 5.2817°ECoordinates: 49°14′00″N 5°16′54″E / 49.2333°N 5.2817°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Verdun |
| Canton | Charny-sur-Meuse |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Charny-sur-Meuse |
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| • Mayor (2016–present) | Julien Bossé |
| Area1 | 6.11 km2 (2.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)2 | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 55139 /55100 |
| Elevation | 185–287 m (607–942 ft) (avg. 188 m or 617 ft) |
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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. |
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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 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) along with Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, and Fleury-devant-Douaumont.
During World War I, the town was destroyed and the land was made uninhabitable to such an extent that a decision was made not to rebuild it. The site of the commune is maintained as a lasting testimony to war and is officially designated as 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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