Pierrepont, Meurthe-et-Moselle
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Location within Grand Est region
Pierrepont
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| Coordinates: 49°24′59″N 5°42′44″E / 49.4164°N 5.7122°ECoordinates: 49°24′59″N 5°42′44″E / 49.4164°N 5.7122°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Arrondissement of Briey |
| Canton | Canton of Longuyon |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Deux Rivières |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Luc Schmitz |
| Area1 | 7.02 km2 (2.71 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 984 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54428 /54620 |
| Elevation | 227–336 m (745–1,102 ft) (avg. 241 m or 791 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.
Pierrepont is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
During the First World War was from 1915 to 1918 in Ugny was the artillery, in the forest of Doncourt the training ground and in Beuveille has been the headquarter of the Sturm-Bataillon Nr. 5 (Rohr), in Pierrepont has been the hospital and the cemetery.
On the German soldiers cemetery, the dead of the Battalion were mostly buried. The monument, in the shape of a lion guarding the dead, has already been set up during the war and then not eliminated.
Memorial
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