Bezonvaux

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Bezonvaux
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Bezonvaux is located in France
Bezonvaux
Bezonvaux
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Location within Lorraine region
Bezonvaux is located in Lorraine
Bezonvaux
Bezonvaux
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Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Charny-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality Charny-sur-Meuse
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean Laparra
Area1 9.23 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 0
 • Density 0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 55050 / 55400
Elevation 226–367 m (741–1,204 ft)
(avg. 257 m or 843 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bezonvaux is a commune in the Meuse department in the Lorraine region in northeastern France.

History

Since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, it has been unoccupied (official population: 0) along with Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme and Fleury-devant-Douaumont.

During the war, the town was destroyed and the land was made uninhabitable to such an extent that a decision was made not to rebuild it. The site of the commune is maintained as a testimony to war and is officially designated as a "village that died for France." It is managed by a municipal council of three members appointed by the prefect of the Meuse department.

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