Peuvillers

Peuvillers is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Distance from Peuvillers to Paris is 229 km.[2]

Peuvillers
The church and surroundings in Peuvillers
Location of Peuvillers
Peuvillers
Peuvillers
Coordinates: 49°22′15″N 5°23′41″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementVerdun
CantonMontmédy
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de la région de Damvillers
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Aurélie Etienne-Hardy
Area
1
4.86 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
55
  Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55403 /55150
Elevation194–216 m (636–709 ft)
(avg. 197 m or 646 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Peuvillers was a part of French Luxembourg until 1790 in bailiwick of Marville. The hospital of 14th Foot Artillery Regiment was located in Peuvillers where the German NCO Heinrich Wilhelm Koch died at the age of 20. He was buried in January 1917 at the Ladhof Cemetery in Colmar, Alsace, where his family lived.

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