Chaumont-devant-Damvillers

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Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°18′28″N5°25′35″E / 49.3078°N 5.4264°E / 49.3078; 5.4264
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Montmédy
Intercommunality CC Damvillers Spincourt
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yannick Jeanjean [1]
Area
1
5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020) [2]
47
 • Density8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55107 /55150
Elevation218–329 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. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. ↑ 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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