Ornes

Ornes
Ruins of the Ornes church
Coat of arms
Ornes
Location within Lorraine region  Ornes
Coordinates: 49°15′13″N 5°28′21″E / 49.2536°N 5.4725°ECoordinates: 49°15′13″N 5°28′21″E / 49.2536°N 5.4725°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 (2001–2008)	Charles Saint-Vanne
Area^1	18.52 km^2 (7.15 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	6
• Density	0.32/km^2 (0.84/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	55394 / 55150
Elevation	209–327 m (686–1,073 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.

Ornes is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. The village is one of the nine French villages destroyed in the First World War and one of six that was never rebuilt. It's now a memorial place.

Even though a few houses and a handful of permanent residents remain, the village is classified as having "died for France".

Geography

Ornes is located on departmental road 24, about 12 km to the north-east of Verdun. The source of the Orne river is in the commune.

The village is on the border of the Verdun forest where thousands of shells fell during World War I.

See also

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