Meuse department

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department of France

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

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ardennes (department) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of France ⓘ
administrativeCentre Bar-le-Duc NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders Ardennes department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Haute-Marne department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marne department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Meurthe-et-Moselle department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moselle department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vosges department NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Bar-le-Duc NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms coat of arms of Meuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Argonne forest area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douaumont Ossuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Douaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Vaux NERFINISHED ⓘ
Verdun battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ
city of Verdun NERFINISHED ⓘ
town of Bar-le-Duc NERFINISHED ⓘ
town of Commercy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdDuring French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdOn 1790 ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
flag flag of Meuse ⓘ
hasType rural department ⓘ
historicalEventSite Battle of Verdun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Meuse-Argonne Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
INSEECode 55 ⓘ
ISO3166-2Code FR-55 NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Verdun sites ⓘ
World War I battlefields NERFINISHED ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legislativeBody Departmental Council of Meuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Grand Est region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northeastern France ⓘ
namedAfter Meuse River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
historical region of Lorraine ⓘ
prefecture Bar-le-Duc NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionCapital Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
subprefecture Commercy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Verdun NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismType war remembrance tourism ⓘ
traversedBy Meuse River NERFINISHED ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode 55 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Nord department → borders → Meuse department ⓘ
subject surface form: Nord (department)
this entity surface form: Ardennes (department)
Marne department → hasBorderWith → Meuse department ⓘ
Verdun, France → isPrefectureOf → Meuse department ⓘ
Verdun, France → locatedIn → Meuse department ⓘ
Battle of Verdun → location → Meuse department ⓘ