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 ...

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 It superseded three former administrat ...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 In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

, 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 km². 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 #

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