Cumières-le-Mort-Homme

Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Location within Lorraine region Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Charny-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Charny-sur-Meuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Lavigne
Area1	6.11 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	55139 / 55100
Elevation	185–287 m (607–942 ft) (avg. 188 m or 617 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.

Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is a ghost commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

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

History

During World War I, 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.

See also

• Zone rouge (First World War)
• List of French villages destroyed in World War I
• Communes of the Meuse department