Fleury-devant-Douaumont

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Fleury-devant-Douaumont is a former French village near Verdun that was completely destroyed during the First World War and preserved as one of France’s “villages that died for France.”

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Fleury-devant-Douaumont canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf destroyed village
former commune of France
village that died for France
administrativeChange commune suppressed after First World War
battlefieldType zone rouge (red zone)
commemorativeStatus village that died for France
country France
destroyedDuring Battle of Verdun
destroyedIn World War I
surface form: First World War
formerPopulation rural village population before 1914
governedBy special municipal council of the destroyed villages of Verdun area
hasFeature marked outlines of former houses
marked outlines of former streets
hasHeritageDesignation site of national remembrance of France
hasMemorial chapel
memorial plaques
hasOfficialMotto village mort pour la France
hasRoadAccessFrom Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun
hasTypeOfMemorialManagement state-managed remembrance site
language French
locatedIn Grand Est
surface form: Grand Est region

Meuse department
northeastern France
locatedNear Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun
locatedOn right bank of the Meuse
namedAfter nearby locality of Douaumont
near Douaumont
Douaumont Ossuary
Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun battlefield
partOf Verdun memorial sites
surface form: Verdun battlefield memorial area
recognizedBy French state (partially)
surface form: French state
status not rebuilt
uninhabited
subjectOf World War I historiography
battlefield archaeology
usedFor First World War commemoration
remembrance tourism

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Verdun, France hasNearbyDestroyedVillage Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Bezonvaux nearbyDestroyedVillage Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Ornes hasNearbyDestroyedVillage Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Beaumont-en-Verdunois locatedNear Fleury-devant-Douaumont