Cumières-le-Mort-Homme

Commune in Grand Est, France

Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Commune
The war memorial in Cumières-le-Mort-Homme The war memorial in Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
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Location of Cumières-le-Mort-Homme Map
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is located in France Cumières-le-Mort-Homme Cumières-le-Mort-Homme Show map of France Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is located in Grand Est Cumières-le-Mort-Homme Cumières-le-Mort-Homme Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 49°14′00′′N 5°16′54′′E / 49.2333°N 5.2817°E / 49.2333; 5.2817
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	CA Grand Verdun
Area ¹	6.11 km² (2.36 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[1]	0
• Density	0.0/km² (0.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Cumières-le-Mort-Homme (French pronunciation: [kymjɛʁləmɔʁɔm] ) is a ghost commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. In English, the name of the commune translates to "Cumières of the dead people".

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

History

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During World War I, the town was destroyed and the land made so uninhabitable that officials decided not to rebuild it. The site is maintained as a testimony to war and is officially designated a "village that died for France." It is managed by a municipal council of three members appointed by the prefect of the Meuse department.