Vauquois

Vauquois
Vauquois
Location within Grand Est region  Vauquois
Coordinates: 49°12′14″N 5°04′24″E / 49.2039°N 5.0733°E / 49.2039; 5.0733Coordinates: 49°12′14″N 5°04′24″E / 49.2039°N 5.0733°E / 49.2039; 5.0733
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Verdun
Canton	Canton of Varennes-en-Argonne
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Montfaucon-Varennes-en-Argonne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Delandre
Area1	8.14 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	22
• Density	2.7/km2 (7.0/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	55536 /55270
Elevation	184–290 m (604–951 ft) (avg. 318 m or 1,043 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.

Vauquois is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

During World War 1, Vauquois was the site of violent mine warfare, also in connection with the Battle of Verdun (1916). From 1915 to 1918, French and German tunneling units fired 519 separate mines at Vauquois, and the German gallery network beneath the village hill (the Butte de Vauquois) grew to a length of 17 kilometres (11 mi). Vauquois was completely destroyed and many huge craters and dugouts remain.

The French papyrologist Jean Maspero (1885–1915) died in Vauquois.