Cumières-le-Mort-Homme

Commune in Grand Est, France

49°14′00″N 5°16′54″E / 49.2333°N 5.2817°E / 49.2333; 5.2817CountryFranceRegionGrand EstDepartmentMeuseArrondissementVerdunCantonBelleville-sur-MeuseIntercommunalityCA Grand VerdunArea6.11 km² (2.36 sq mi)Population0 • Density0.0/km² (0.0/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation185–287 m (607–942 ft)
(avg. 188 m or 617 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is a ghost commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, it has been unoccupied (official population: 0), as have Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, and Fleury-devant-Douaumont.

History

During World War I, the town was destroyed and the land made so uninhabitable that officials decided not to rebuild it. The site is maintained as a testimony to war and is officially designated a "village that died for France." It is managed by a municipal council of three members appointed by the prefect of the Meuse department.

See also

• Zone rouge (First World War)
• List of French villages destroyed in World War I
• Communes of the Meuse department

References