The canton of Belleville-sur-Meuse is an administrative division of the Meuse department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Belleville-sur-Meuse.[1] It includes the six "destroyed villages", which were depopulated in the Battle of Verdun during World War I.
It consists of the following communes:[1]
- Abaucourt-Hautecourt
- Beaumont-en-Verdunois
- Belleville-sur-Meuse
- Bezonvaux
- Blanzée
- Bras-sur-Meuse
- Champneuville
- Charny-sur-Meuse
- Châtillon-sous-les-Côtes
- Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
- Damloup
- Dieppe-sous-Douaumont
- Douaumont-Vaux
- Eix
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Gincrey
- Grimaucourt-en-Woëvre
- Haumont-près-Samogneux
- Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
- Maucourt-sur-Orne
- Mogeville
- Moranville
- Moulainville
- Ornes
- Samogneux
- Thierville-sur-Meuse
- Vacherauville
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