Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre

Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
Location within Grand Est region  Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
Coordinates: 49°14′18″N 5°23′56″E / 49.2383°N 5.3989°ECoordinates: 49°14′18″N 5°23′56″E / 49.2383°N 5.3989°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Charny-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Charny-sur-Meuse
Government
• Mayor	François-Xavier Long
Area^1	8.25 km^2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	0
• Density	0.0/km^2 (0.0/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	55307 / 55100
Elevation	214–375 m (702–1,230 ft) (avg. 321 m or 1,053 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.

Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, it has been unoccupied (official population: 0) along with Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme and Fleury-devant-Douaumont.

During the war, the town was completely destroyed and the land was made uninhabitable to such an extent that a decision was made not to rebuild it. The site of the commune is maintained as a testimony to war and is officially designated as a "village that died for France." It is managed by a municipal council of three members appointed by the prefect of the Meuse department.

See also

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