Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is known as the place where the last soldier to die in the First World War was killed, when American Henry Gunther died charging a German position sixty seconds before the Armistice came into effect.[2]
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| Coordinates: 49°18′28″N 5°25′35″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Verdun |
| Canton | Montmédy |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la région de Damvillers |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Jeanjean |
| Area 1 | 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 48 |
| • Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 55107 /55150 |
| Elevation | 218–329 m (715–1,079 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Best, Nicholas (2008). The Greatest Day in History - How, On the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, The First World War Finally Came To An End. United States: PublicAffairs. p. 199. ISBN 9781586486402.
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