Meuse department

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The Meuse department is an administrative region in northeastern France known for its World War I battlefields, particularly around Verdun.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meuse department canonical 41
Ardennes (department) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of France
administrativeCentre Bar-le-Duc
borders Ardennes department
Belgium
Haute-Marne
surface form: Haute-Marne department

Marne department
Meurthe-et-Moselle
surface form: Meurthe-et-Moselle department

Moselle department
Vosges department
capital Bar-le-Duc
coatOfArms coat of arms of Meuse
contains Argonne Forest
surface form: Argonne forest area

Douaumont Ossuary
Fort Douaumont
Fort Vaux
Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun battlefield

Verdun, France
surface form: city of Verdun

Bar-le-Duc
surface form: town of Bar-le-Duc

town of Commercy
country France
createdDuring French Revolution
createdOn 1790
economy agriculture
forestry
tourism
flag flag of Meuse
hasType rural department
historicalEventSite Battle of Verdun
Meuse–Argonne Offensive
surface form: Meuse-Argonne Offensive
INSEECode 55
ISO3166-2Code FR-55
knownFor Battle of Verdun sites
World War I battlefields
language French
legislativeBody Departmental Council of Meuse
locatedIn Grand Est
surface form: Grand Est region

northeastern France
namedAfter Meuse
surface form: Meuse River
partOf French Republic
historical region of Lorraine
prefecture Bar-le-Duc
regionCapital Strasbourg
subprefecture Commercy
Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
tourismType war remembrance tourism
traversedBy Meuse
surface form: Meuse River
vehicleRegistrationCode 55

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Verdun location Meuse department
Nord department borders Meuse department
subject surface form: Nord (department)
this entity surface form: Ardennes (department)
Marne department hasBorderWith Meuse department
Verdun, France locatedIn Meuse department
Verdun, France isPrefectureOf Meuse department
Fort Vaux locatedIn Meuse department
Verdun Memorial Museum locatedIn Meuse department
Vosges department borderedBy Meuse department
Argonne Forest locatedIn Meuse department
Varennes-en-Argonne locatedIn Meuse department
Montmédy locatedIn Meuse department
Pont de Meuse at Verdun locatedIn Meuse department
Battle of Saint-Mihiel location Meuse department
Ardennes department borders Meuse department
Duchy of Bar territoryNowIn Meuse department
Pays-Haut locatedIn Meuse department
Count of Bar locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Meuse department
subject surface form: Bar-le-Duc
Bezonvaux locatedIn Meuse department
Cathedral of Verdun locatedIn Meuse department
Fleury-devant-Douaumont locatedIn Meuse department
Ornes locatedIn Meuse department
Haumont-près-Samogneux locatedIn Meuse department
Beaumont-en-Verdunois locatedIn Meuse department
Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre locatedIn Meuse department
Pont Chaussée locatedIn Meuse department
Bishop’s Palace of Verdun locatedIn Meuse department
Victory Monument of Verdun locatedIn Meuse department
Aisne sourceLocation Meuse department
Aisne flowsThrough Meuse department
Bar-le-Duc locatedIn Meuse department
Commercy locatedIn Meuse department
Commercy administrativeDivisionOf Meuse department
Saint-Mihiel locatedIn Meuse department
Ligny-en-Barrois locatedIn Meuse department
madeleines de Commercy locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Meuse department
subject surface form: Madeleines de Commercy