Vauquois | |
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The town hall in Vauquois | |
Coordinates: 49°12′14″N 5°04′24″E / 49.2039°N 5.0733°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Meuse |
Arrondissement | Verdun |
Canton | Clermont-en-Argonne |
Intercommunality | Argonne-Meuse |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Delandre[1] |
Area 1 | 8.14 km2 (3.14 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 21 |
• Density | 2.6/km2 (6.7/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 55536 /55270 |
Elevation | 184–290 m (604–951 ft) (avg. 318 m or 1,043 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Vauquois (French pronunciation: [vokwa]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
During World War 1, Vauquois was the site of violent mine warfare,[3] also in connection with the Battle of Verdun (1916). From 1915 to 1918, French and German tunneling units fired 519 separate mines at Vauquois, and the German gallery network beneath the village hill (the Butte de Vauquois) grew to a length of 17 kilometres (11 mi). Vauquois was destroyed and many huge craters and dugouts remain.
The French papyrologist Jean Maspero (1885–1915) died in Vauquois, as did biologist Auguste Chaillou.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "The War Underground". First World War: Vauquois. webmatters.net. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- From The Air - Butte de Vauquois, Steven Upton, 2016, YouTube
Further reading
[edit]- Triplet, William S. (2000). Ferrell, Robert H. (ed.). A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press. pp. 160-61, 163, 166–71, 183, 187. ISBN 0-8262-1290-5. LCCN 00029921. OCLC 43707198.
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