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Peuvillers is a commune 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
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 It superseded three former administrat ...
in north-eastern
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 ...
.Commune de Peuvillers (55403)
INSEE


History

Peuvillers was a part of French Luxembourg from 1659 until 1790, in the bailiwick of
Marville Marville may refer to: * ''Marville'' (comics), a Marvel Comics series from the early 2000s * Marville, Meuse Marville () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. An airbase built by NATO hosted fighter squ ...
. The hospital of 14th Foot Artillery Regiment was located in Peuvillers where the German NCO Heinrich Wilhelm Koch died at the age of 20. He was buried in January 1917 at the Ladhof Cemetery in Colmar, Alsace, where his family lived.


Gallery

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See also

* Communes of the Meuse department


References

Communes of Meuse (department) {{Meuse-geo-stub