Fleury-devant-Douaumont

Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Commune
	Sign indicating the site of the destroyed village
	Coat of arms
	Location of Fleury-devant-Douaumont
	Fleury-devant-Douaumont Fleury-devant-Douaumont
	Coordinates: 49°11′53″N 5°25′44″E / 49.19801°N 5.42883°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	CA Grand Verdun
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Laparra
Area 1	10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Population (2021)	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55189 /55100
Elevation	227–390 m (745–1,280 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fleury-devant-Douaumont (French pronunciation: [flœʁi dəvɑ̃ dwomɔ̃], literally Fleury before Douaumont) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

During the Battle of Verdun in 1916 it was captured and recaptured by the Germans and French 16 times, with all structures being completely destroyed. Since then, it has been declared to have "died for France", and this remains unoccupied (official population: 0), as have the communes of Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre and Cumières-le-Mort-Homme.