Pierrepont (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁpɔ̃] (listen)) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

Pierrepont
Commune
The town hall in Pierrepont
Coat of arms
Location of Pierrepont
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Coordinates: 49°24′59″N 5°42′44″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Briey
Canton	Mont-Saint-Martin
Intercommunality	CC Terre Lorraine du Longuyonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	James Moineaux[1]
Area 1	7.02 km2 (2.71 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	863
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	54428 /54620
Elevation	227–336 m (745–1,102 ft) (avg. 241 m or 791 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

During the First World War was from 1915 to 1918 in Ugny was the artillery, in the forest of Doncourt the training ground and in Beuveille has been the headquarter of the Sturm-Bataillon Nr. 5 (Rohr), in Pierrepont has been the hospital and the cemetery.

On the German soldiers cemetery, the dead of the Battalion were mostly buried. The monument, in the shape of a lion guarding the dead, has already been set up during the war and then not eliminated.[3]

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  Memorial

See also

• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department

Notes

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[ru] Пьерпон (Мёрт и Мозель)