Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Louvemont-Côte-de-Poivre (Meuse).svg |
Arrondissement: | Verdun |
Canton: | Belleville-sur-Meuse |
Insee: | 55307 |
Postal Code: | 55100 |
Mayor: | François-Xavier Long |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Grand Verdun |
Coordinates: | 49.2383°N 5.3989°W |
Elevation M: | 321 |
Elevation Min M: | 214 |
Elevation Max M: | 375 |
Area Km2: | 8.25 |
Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre (pronounced as /fr/) 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 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.