Bezonvaux

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Bezonvaux is one of the French villages destroyed and left uninhabited after the Battle of Verdun in World War I, preserved as a memorial site.

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Bezonvaux canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I memorial site
destroyed village
former commune of France
uninhabited locality
accessibleTo visitors
administeredAs commune with symbolic mayor
commemorates French soldiers of World War I
civilian victims of World War I
country France
currentLandUse forest and memorial landscape
destroyedDuring World War I
destroyedIn Battle of Verdun
governedUnder French law on destroyed villages
hasCemetery military cemetery nearby
hasHeritageDesignation village détruit (destroyed village)
hasLegalStatus commune of the Meuse department (symbolic)
hasMemorial chapel or commemorative structure
monument to the village
hasOfficialName Bezonvaux
hasRemains traces of streets and building foundations
hasSymbolicMayor yes
hasTypeOfDestruction artillery devastation
languageOfName French
locatedIn Grand Est region
linked to: Grand Est

Meuse department
Verdun battlefield
linked to: Verdun, France

Zone rouge
northeastern France
locatedNear Verdun
linked to: Verdun, France
locatedOn right bank of the Meuse region
maintainedBy French state
local authorities
nearbyDestroyedVillage Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Ornes
originalFunction agricultural community
rural village
partOf French national remembrance sites
Western Front of World War I
linked to: Western Front

communes détruites de Verdun
villages détruits de la Meuse
population 0 permanent inhabitants
status not rebuilt after World War I
uninhabited
tourismType memory tourism
war tourism
use memorial site
place of remembrance

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