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The zone rouge (English: red zone) is a chain of non-contiguous areas throughout northeastern France that the French government isolated after the First World War. The land, which originally covered more than 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles), was deemed too physically and environmentally damaged by conflict for human habitation.
The identity of the "Verdun" mentioned in sources is disputed because there are many cities called Verdun in Europe (such as Verdun-sur-Garonne in Occitania and Verdun-sur-le-Doubs). [10] While many still identify it as Verdun on the Meuse, some argue that Verdun-sur-le-Doubs is a more feasible identification.
Formerly a coalition of free cities in Holy Roman Empire, attached to Kingdom of France in 1648; annexed by Germany from Franco-Prussian war to the end of World War I and briefly during World War II: Aquitaine: Aquitaine: Occitan: Aquitània Basque: Akitania Saintongeais : Aguiéne: 72 Bordeaux: Guyenne and Gascony: Auvergne: Auvergne: Occitan ...
A topographic map of the Republic, excluding all the overseas departments and territories Simplified physical map. The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and the west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the country's highest points being in the Alps).
Somme (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest.
Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (French pronunciation: [vɛʁdœ̃ syʁ lə du], literally Verdun on the Doubs) is a former commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. [2] On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Verdun-Ciel. [3]
Villeneuve-Loubet was also, from 1920 onwards, the home of Maréchal Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), the "Hero of Verdun" in World War I and chief of state of the Nazi-collaborationist État Français, commonly known as Vichy France, in World War II. The writer and historian Jules Bertaut (1877–1959) died in Villeneuve-Loubet.
The arrondissement of Verdun is an arrondissement of France in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region. It has 254 communes. [2] Its population is 82,317 (2021), and its area is 2,828.6 km 2 (1,092.1 sq mi). [3] Six communes in the arrondissement have been uninhabited since the First World War.