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Vauquois (French pronunciation: ​[vokwa]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Vauquois
Commune
The town hall in Vauquois
Coat of arms
Location of Vauquois
Vauquois Show map of France Vauquois Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 49°12′14″N 5°04′24″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Clermont-en-Argonne
Intercommunality	Argonne-Meuse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Delandre
Area 1	8.14 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	17
• Density	2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55536 /55270
Elevation	184–290 m (604–951 ft) (avg. 318 m or 1,043 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

During World War 1, Vauquois was the site of violent mine warfare,[2] also in connection with the Battle of Verdun (1916). From 1915 to 1918, French and German tunneling units fired 519 separate mines at Vauquois, and the German gallery network beneath the village hill (the Butte de Vauquois) grew to a length of 17 kilometres (11 mi). Vauquois was destroyed and many huge craters and dugouts remain.

The French papyrologist Jean Maspero (1885–1915) died in Vauquois, as did biologist Auguste Chaillou.

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vauquois.

External links

• From The Air - Butte de Vauquois, Steven Upton, 2016, YouTube

Further reading

• Triplet, William S. (2000). Ferrell, Robert H. (ed.). A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press. pp. 160-61, 163, 166–71, 183, 187. ISBN 0-8262-1290-5. LCCN 00029921. OCLC 43707198.

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