Douaumont

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Douaumont is a small commune in northeastern France best known for its World War I battlefield sites near Verdun, including major memorials and military cemeteries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
battlefieldStatus partially preserved battlefield landscape
category Communes in Meuse
World War I memorial sites in France
climate temperate oceanic climate
contains Douaumont Ossuary NERFINISHED
Fort Douaumont NERFINISHED
French military cemeteries
German military cemeteries
World War I memorials
country France
governedBy municipal council of Douaumont NERFINISHED
hasCemeteryType French national cemetery
German military cemetery
hasINSEECode 55165
hasMonument lantern of the dead at Douaumont Ossuary
hasNameInLanguage Douaumont@fr NERFINISHED
hasNearbySite Fleury-devant-Douaumont NERFINISHED
Vaux-devant-Damloup NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguage French
hasPostalCode 55100
hasReligion predominantly Roman Catholic tradition
hasStructure Douaumont Ossuary tower NERFINISHED
Fort Douaumont underground galleries NERFINISHED
military cemeteries with aligned crosses
hasTransportAccess road links from Verdun
hasView panoramic view over Verdun battlefield from ossuary tower
hasVisitorInfrastructure visitor center at Douaumont Ossuary
heritageStatus major World War I remembrance site
historicalEvent Battle of Verdun NERFINISHED
knownFor Battle of Verdun NERFINISHED
World War I battlefield sites
locatedIn Grand Est
surface form: Grand Est region

Meuse department NERFINISHED
historical Verdun battlefield area
historical region of Lorraine
northeastern France
locatedNear Verdun NERFINISHED
locatedOn right bank of the Meuse River region
memorialFunction commemoration of fallen soldiers of World War I
partOf Arrondissement of Verdun NERFINISHED
Canton of Belleville-sur-Meuse NERFINISHED
subjectOf World War I historiography
battlefield archaeology studies
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
tourismType memorial tourism
war tourism

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Douaumont Ossuary locatedIn Douaumont
Fort Vaux near Douaumont
Fleury-devant-Douaumont near Douaumont
Ornes hasNearbyDestroyedVillage Douaumont