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Ornes
Ruins of the Ornes church Administration Country France Region Lorraine Department Meuse Arrondissement Verdun Canton Charny-sur-Meuse Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Charny-sur-Meuse Mayor Charles Saint-Vanne
(2001–2008)Statistics Elevation 209–372 m (686–1,220 ft)
(avg. 250 m/820 ft)Land area1 18.52 km2 (7.15 sq mi) Population2 2 (2006) - Density 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 55394/ 55150 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 49°15′13″N 5°28′21″E / 49.2536111111°N 5.4725°E
Ornes is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. The village is one of the nine French villages destroyed in the First World War and one of six that was never rebuilt. It's now a memorial place.
See also
- Zone rouge (First World War)
- French villages destroyed in the First World War
- List of places with fewer than ten residents
- Communes of the Meuse department
Categories:- Meuse geography stubs
- Communes of Meuse
- Former populated places in France
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