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Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended to protect the city of Verdun. Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed a garrison of 150 men.
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Climate zoning for mainland France in 2020, drawn up by Météo-France. The climate of France is the statistical distribution of conditions in the Earth's atmosphere over the national territory, based on the averages and variability of relevant quantities over a given period, the standard reference period defined by the World Meteorological Organization being 30 years.
The Fort Vaux was commanded by Raynal who started the war in charge of the 7th Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs.. He was injured in the shoulder by a bullet from a machine gun in September 1914, and then severely injured in December when his command post was hit by an artillery shell.
Vaux-devant-Damloup (French pronunciation: [vo dəvɑ̃ dɑ̃lu], literally Vaux before Damloup) is a former commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It had a population of 76 (2019). [1] On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Douaumont-Vaux. [2] Cupola at Fort Vaux
Douaumont-Vaux (French pronunciation: [dwomɔ̃ vo]) 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 .
The Douaumont Ossuary (French: Ossuaire de Douaumont) [1] is a memorial containing the skeletal remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. It is located in Douaumont-Vaux, France, within the Verdun battlefield, and immediately next to the Fleury-devant-Douaumont National Necropolis. [2]
Canal de Pont-de-Vaux, a canal in eastern France connecting the Saône at Fleurville to Pont-de-Vaux; Canton of Pont-de-Vaux, an administrative division in eastern France; Étangs de Vaux et de Baye, a group of lakes in Nièvre, Burgundy, France; Fort Vaux, a fortress in Vaux-devant-Damloup, Meuse, France