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Commune in Grand Est, France
Pierrepont
The town hall in Pierrepont
The town hall in Pierrepont
Coat of arms of Pierrepont
Coat of arms
Location of Pierrepont
Pierrepont is located in France
Pierrepont
Pierrepont
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Pierrepont is located in Grand Est
Pierrepont
Pierrepont
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Coordinates: 49°24′59″N 5°42′44″E / 49.4164°N 5.7122°E / 49.4164; 5.7122
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementBriey
CantonMont-Saint-Martin
IntercommunalityCC Terre Lorraine du Longuyonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) James Moineaux
Area7.02 km (2.71 sq mi)
Population839
 • Density120/km (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54428 /54620
Elevation227–336 m (745–1,102 ft)
(avg. 241 m/791 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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.

  • Memorial
    Memorial

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ 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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