Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Verdun is the ''
communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
. It is located in the
Meuse
The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
, in the
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
region
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, northeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. Created in 2015, its seat is in Verdun.
[CA du Grand Verdun (N° SIREN : 200049187)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 21 November 2022. Its area is 300.9 km
2. Its population was 27,493 in 2019, of which 16,942 in Verdun proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 25 communes:
# Beaumont-en-Verdunois
# Belleray
#Belleville-sur-Meuse
Belleville-sur-Meuse (, literally ''Belleville on Meuse'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Meuse (department), Meuse departments of France, department in the Grand Est regions of France, region in northeastern France.
Population
See als ...
# Béthelainville
#Béthincourt
Béthincourt () is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of France.
The c ...
#Bezonvaux
Bezonvaux () is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.
History
Since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, it has been unoccupied (official population: 0) along with Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont- ...
# Bras-sur-Meuse
# Champneuville
# Charny-sur-Meuse
#Chattancourt
Chattancourt () is a commune, in the Meuse department, in Grand Est, in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in ...
#Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is a ghost 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), as have Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, H ...
#Douaumont-Vaux
Douaumont-Vaux () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Vaux-devant-Damloup (the seat) and Douaumont.Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Fleury-devant-Douaumont (, 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. ...
# Fromeréville-les-Vallons
#Haudainville
Haudainville () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
References
Communes of Meuse (departm ...
#Haumont-près-Samogneux
Haumont-près-Samogneux (, literally ''Haumont near Samogneux'') is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The capture of the town by the German Fifth Army began the Battle of Verdun during World War I in 1916. ...
#Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
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, ...
#Marre
Marre () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
#Montzéville
Montzéville is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
# Ornes
#Samogneux
Samogneux () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the ...
# Sivry-la-Perche
#Thierville-sur-Meuse
Thierville-sur-Meuse (, literally ''Thierville on Meuse'') is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It ...
# Vacherauville
#Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
References
Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
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