Chaumont-devant-Damvillers | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Chaumont-Devant-Damvillers (Meuse).svg |
Arrondissement: | Verdun |
Canton: | Montmédy |
Insee: | 55107 |
Postal Code: | 55150 |
Mayor: | Yannick Jeanjean[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Damvillers Spincourt |
Coordinates: | 49.3078°N 5.4264°W |
Elevation M: | 235 |
Elevation Min M: | 218 |
Elevation Max M: | 329 |
Area Km2: | 5.35 |
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers (pronounced as /fr/,) 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]