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Explore Grimaucourt-en-Woevre in France

Grimaucourt-en-Woevre in the region of Lorraine with its 69 inhabitants is a town in France - some 147 mi or ( 237 km ) East of Paris , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Grimaucourt-en-Woevre is now 11:48 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Haarlem, Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, and Warcq. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Haarlem . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Grimaucourt-en-Woevre ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Verdun Battlefield Unidentified Noise

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It was early February 2007 and we were visiting Verdun.We had the whole area to ourselves early morning.The area is a severely damaged collapsed bunker emplacement some 400 meters from Fort Douaumont. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Fort Vaux

Fort Vaux, located in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was built in 1881–1884 at a cost of 1,500,000 Francs, built to house 150 men. it became the second Fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun. The first fort to fall had been Fort Douaumont which was virtually undefended and had been captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916. Fort de Vaux, on the other hand, was fully garrisoned when it was attacked on June 2 by German assault troops.

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Located at 49.20 5.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Battle of Verdun, Buildings and structures in Meuse, Forts in France, Museums in Meuse, Séré de Rivières system, World War I museums in France

Woëvre

The Woëvre is a natural region of Lorraine in northeastern France. It forms part of Lorraine plateau and lies largely in the department of Meuse. The Woëvre lies on the right bank of the Meuse River, from the valley of the Chiers in the north to the town of Neufchâteau in the south. To the west, the region follows the Meuse, to the east it extends into the neighbouring department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.

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Located at 49.12 5.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Geography of Lorraine, Natural regions

Verdun-Le-Rozelier Airport

Verdun-Le-Rozelier Airport is a regional airport in France, located 5 miles southeasr of Verdun (Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine), 139 miles east-northeast of Paris It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.

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Located at 49.12 5.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Airports in France

Verdun Memorial

The Verdun Memorial is a war memorial to commemorate the Battle of Verdun, fought in 1916 as part of the First World War. It is situated on the battlefield, close to the destroyed village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont in the département of Meuse in north-eastern France. It was built during the 1960s, financed by Maurice Genevoix and has been open to the public since September 17, 1967.

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Located at 49.19 5.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Battle of Verdun, Buildings and structures in Meuse, Museums in Meuse, World War I memorials in France, World War I museums in France

Fort Douaumont

Fort Douaumont (French Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive forts protecting the city of Verdun, France since the 1890s. However, by 1915 the French General Staff had concluded that even the best-protected forts of Verdun could not resist bombardments from the German 420 mm (16 in) Gamma guns. These newly deployed giant howitzers had easily taken several large Belgian forts out of action in August 1914.

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Located at 49.22 5.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Battle of Verdun, Buildings and structures in Meuse, Forts in France, Séré de Rivières system