Cumières-le-Mort-Homme

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Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is a former French village in the Meuse department that was completely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in World War I and never rebuilt, now preserved as a memorial site.

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Cumières-le-Mort-Homme canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf destroyed village
former commune of France
access open to visitors
commemorates French soldiers killed in the Battle of Verdun
civilian victims of World War I
country France
currentStatus commune without inhabitants
uninhabited
destroyedDuring Battle of Verdun
World War I
event Battle of Verdun
hasCategory World War I battlefields
surface form: World War I sites in France

ghost towns in France
hasCemetery military cemetery nearby
hasInformationBoard panels explaining history of the village and its destruction
hasRemains traces of cellars and building foundations
hasRoadNetwork marked paths and roads indicating former village streets
hasStatue statue of a French soldier (poilu)
hasUse memorial site
remembrance site
heritageDesignation village détruit (destroyed village) of the Meuse
languageOfName French
locatedIn northeastern France
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Grand Est
Lorraine
Meuse department
locatedNear Mort-Homme hill
Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun
locatedOn left bank of the Meuse River
maintainedBy French state (partially)
surface form: French state

local authorities of Meuse
memorial chapel and monuments commemorating the destroyed village
inscriptions listing names of former inhabitants
nearbyFeature French and German military cemeteries in the Verdun area
originalFunction agricultural community
rural village
partOf French national remembrance sites of World War I
Zone rouge
communes of Meuse that were destroyed in World War I
Verdun memorial sites
surface form: memorial landscape of Verdun
populationAfterWar 0
rebuildingStatus never rebuilt
significantEvent evacuation of civilian population during World War I
intense artillery bombardment in 1916
timeOfDestruction 1916
toponymy name refers to nearby Mort-Homme hill
warTheater Western Front
surface form: Western Front of World War I

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Verdun, France hasNearbyDestroyedVillage Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Bezonvaux nearbyDestroyedVillage Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Ornes hasNearbyDestroyedVillage Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Beaumont-en-Verdunois locatedNear Cumières-le-Mort-Homme