Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
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 Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
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Location within Grand Est region
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
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| Coordinates: 49°18′28″N 5°25′35″E / 49.3078°N 5.4264°ECoordinates: 49°18′28″N 5°25′35″E / 49.3078°N 5.4264°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Verdun |
| Canton | Montmédy |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la région de Damvillers |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Jeanjean |
| Area1 | 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 35 |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 55107 /55150 |
| Elevation | 218–329 m (715–1,079 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is known as the place where the last soldier to die in the First World War was killed, when American Henry Gunther died charging a German position sixty seconds before the Armistice came into effect.
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