List of French villages destroyed in World War I
Les villages détruits (the destroyed villages) are in northern France, mostly in the
died for France
", as they were declared, and to preserve their memory.
While three of the villages in Meuse were subsequently rebuilt and are governed as normal communes, the other six are entirely unpopulated and are managed by a council of three members, appointed by the
Lorraine
region of northeastern France.
List of villages (communes)
In Meuse
- Beaumont-en-Verdunois
- Bezonvaux
- Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
- Douaumont (partially reconstructed)
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont, location of the Verdun Memorial
- Haumont-près-Samogneux
- Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
- Ornes (partially reconstructed)
- Vaux-devant-Damloup (rebuilt)
In Marne
- Auve[1]
- Beauséjour, Marne
- Bignicourt-sur-Saultz (3/33 homes remained)[1] 30 men and 45 women and children were taken captive.[2]
- Étrepy (7/70 homes remained)[1]
- Glannes[1]
- Hurlus
- Le Mesnil-lès-Hurlus
- Perthes-lès-Hurlus
- Ripont
- Somme-Tourbe (everything in the village except the village hall (Mairie), church, and two private buildings)[1]
- Tahure
- Moronvilliers
- Nauroy
- Sermaize-les-Bains (40/900 homes remained).[1] About 150 people from the village were taken captive.[2]
- Suippes[1]
In Meurthe-et-Moselle
- Regniéville
- Remenauville
- Fey-en-Haye
- Flirey
In Aisne
- Moussy-sur-Aisne
- Vauclerc-et-la-Vallée-Foulon
- Ailles
- Beaulne-et-Chivy
- Courtecon
- Craonne
See also
- Mort pour la France
- No man's land, the area between the lines during the First World War
- Limousin destroyed in the Second World Warand later rebuilt nearby.
- Pozières (located in the Département of Somme)
- Zone rouge (First World War)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4344-6354-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4344-6354-8.
External links
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