Haumont-près-Samogneux

Haumont-près-Samogneux
Haumont-près-Samogneux
Location within Lorraine region  Haumont-près-Samogneux
Coordinates: 49°16′25″N 5°21′12″E / 49.2736°N 5.3533°ECoordinates: 49°16′25″N 5°21′12″E / 49.2736°N 5.3533°E
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)	René Raguet
Area^1	10.81 km^2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	0
• Density	0.0/km^2 (0.0/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	55239 / 55100
Elevation	194–355 m (636–1,165 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 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.

Haumont-près-Samogneux is a 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, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme and Fleury-devant-Douaumont.

During the war, the town was completely 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