Vaux-devant-Damloup
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Vaux-devant-Damloup is a commune
in the Meuse
department in Lorraine
in north-eastern France
.
Population: 80.
Fort Vaux
is located on the territory of the commune.
It was one of the French villages destroyed during the World War I
, although it was rebuilt later.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Meuse
Meuse
Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse.-History:Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Population: 80.
Fort Vaux
Fort Vaux
Fort Vaux, located in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, became the second Fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun. The first fort to fall had been Fort Douaumont which was virtually undefended and had been captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916 . Fort de Vaux , on the other hand ,...
is located on the territory of the commune.
It was one of the French villages destroyed during the World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, although it was rebuilt later.
See also
- Zone rouge (First World War)Zone rouge (First World War)The Zone rouge is the name given to about of land in northeastern France that was physically and environmentally destroyed during the First World War...
- French villages destroyed in the First World WarFrench villages destroyed in the First World WarDuring the First World War, specifically at the time of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, many villages in the French département of Meuse were destroyed by the fighting...
- Communes of the Meuse department