Beuveille

Beuveille
Beuveille

Coordinates: 49°25′57″N 5°41′28″E / 49.4325°N 5.6911°E / 49.4325; 5.6911Coordinates: 49°25′57″N 5°41′28″E / 49.4325°N 5.6911°E / 49.4325; 5.6911
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Briey
Canton Longuyon
Intercommunality Deux Rivières
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-François Azzara
Area1 11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 704
  Density 59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 54067 / 54620
Elevation 217–333 m (712–1,093 ft)
(avg. 234 m or 768 ft)

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.

Beuveille is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

History

Beveille in 1919

In the First World War during the Battle of Longwy (1914) Beuveille has been combat-standing of the German Crown Prince.

From 1915 to 1918 Beuveille became the headquarter of the Sturm-Bataillon Nr. 5 (Rohr).

Its artillery took place in Ugny, its hospital and the cemetery which includes their Monument in Pierrepont and the training ground and in the forest of Doncourt.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962 526    
1968 773+47.0%
1975 667−13.7%
1982 586−12.1%
1990 560−4.4%
1999 519−7.3%
2006 600+15.6%
2009 704+17.3%

See also

References

Notes

  1. Eberhard Graf von Schwerin: Königlich preußisches Sturm-Bataillon Nr . 5 (Rohr) (Aus Deutschlands großer Zeit; Band 116) nach der Erinnerung aufgezeichnet unter Zuhilfenahme des Tagebuches von Oberstleutnant a. D. Willi Rohr / Graf v. Schwerin; Verlag Bernhard Sporn, Zeulenroda 1939
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