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Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°18′28″N 5°25′35″E / 49.3078°N 5.4264°E / 49.3078; 5.4264
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Montmédy
Intercommunality	CC Damvillers Spincourt
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yannick Jeanjean
Area	5.35 km (2.07 sq mi)
Population	46
• Density	8.6/km (22/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)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chaumont-devant-Damvillers (French pronunciation: [ʃomɔ̃ dəvɑ̃ dɑ̃vile], lit. 'Chaumont before 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.

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. 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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