Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers | |
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Coordinates: 49°18′28″N 5°25′35″E / 49.3078°N 5.4264°ECoordinates: 49°18′28″N 5°25′35″E / 49.3078°N 5.4264°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Meuse |
Arrondissement | Verdun |
Canton | Montmédy |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la région de Damvillers |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Jeanjean |
Area 1 | 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
Population (2016-01-01)[1] | 49 |
• Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 55107 /55150 |
Elevation | 218–329 m (715–1,079 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is known as the place where the last soldier to die in the First World War was killed, when American Henry Gunther died charging a German position sixty seconds before the Armistice came into effect.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2016". INSEE. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Best, Nicholas (2008). The Greatest Day in History - How, On the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, The First World War Finally Came To An End. United States: PublicAffairs. p. 199. ISBN 9781586486402.
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