Fleury-devant-Douaumont
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memorial, place with historical importance, First World War 1914-1918, interesting place, ghost town
Fleury-devant-Douaumont is a commune in the Meuse department in the Lorraine region in northeastern France.
It has been unoccupied since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916 and is part of the 9 villages completely destroyed during the First World War.
This village has been declared, along with the 8 others, a "Village mort pour la France" (village dead for France) in memory of the events that happened there.
It has been unoccupied since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916 and is part of the 9 villages completely destroyed during the First World War.
This village has been declared, along with the 8 others, a "Village mort pour la France" (village dead for France) in memory of the events that happened there.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°11'49"N 5°25'45"E
- Douaumont military cemetery 1.4 km
- Fort Tavanne 2.7 km
- Damloup 4.1 km
- Fort Belrupt 5.2 km
- Verdun 11 km
- Verdun Battlegound 12 km
- Le Mort Homme 15 km
- Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial 29 km
- Varennes-en-Argonne 30 km
- Stonne 54 km
- Verdun Battlegound 2.7 km
- Caserne Maginot 6.5 km
- Lhoist plant: Dugny 12 km
- Le Mort Homme 13 km
- Bois de Forges 14 km
- Mouilly 18 km
- Ambly-sur-Meuse 20 km
- Ranzières 20 km
- Neuvilly-en-Argonne 27 km
- Forest of Argonne 33 km