Bezonvaux
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village, battlefield, First World War 1914-1918, ghost town
Bezonvaux 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/Bezonvaux
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Coordinates: 49°14'12"N 5°28'3"E
- Verdun Battlegound 10 km
- Site of The Battle of Leipzig 547 km
- Battlefield Fehrbellin 1675 647 km
- Battle of Seelow Heights (April 16th-19th, 1945) - WW2 728 km
- Battle of Königgrätz - battlefield from 1866 743 km
- Battle of Austerlitz, December 2, 1805 (War of the 3rd Coalition) 818 km
- Battle of Lake Trasimene 839 km
- Jastrowie 910 km
- Battle of Grunwald 1118 km
- Battle of Dobro Pole 1572 km
- Caserne Maginot 11 km
- Bois de Forges 15 km
- Lhoist plant: Dugny 17 km
- Mouilly 21 km
- Ambly-sur-Meuse 24 km
- Ranzières 24 km
- Meuse Argonne American WW1 Cemetery 29 km
- Bantheville 30 km
- Neuvilly-en-Argonne 31 km
- Forest of Argonne 36 km