Beaufort-en-Argonne | |
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 The wash house in Beaufort-en-Argonne | |
 Location of Beaufort-en-Argonne | |
  Beaufort-en-Argonne  Beaufort-en-Argonne | |
| Coordinates:49°28′22″N5°06′51″E / 49.4728°N 5.1142°E /49.4728; 5.1142 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Verdun |
| Canton | Stenay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–2026) | Joël Fourreaux[1] |
Area 1 | 11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 127 |
| • Density | 11.5/km2 (29.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 55037 /55700 |
| Elevation | 175–245 m (574–804 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Beaufort-en-Argonne (French pronunciation:[bofɔʁɑ̃.n‿aʁɡɔn], literallyBeaufort inArgonne) is acommune in theMeusedepartment in theGrand Estregion in northeasternFrance.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 181 | — |
| 1975 | 178 | −0.24% |
| 1982 | 186 | +0.63% |
| 1990 | 174 | −0.83% |
| 1999 | 170 | −0.26% |
| 2009 | 156 | −0.86% |
| 2014 | 147 | −1.18% |
| 2020 | 139 | −0.93% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Beaufort was the site of the final shot ofWorld War I: a 95-pound shell fired at 10:59:59 AM[4] on11 November 1918 from a155 mm howitzer nicknamedCalamity Jane, belonging to Battery E of the U.S.11th Field Artillery, which was entrenched east of the town.[5] The target is uncertain, but was probably the railway betweenMetz andSedan.[6]
The communities representative for theNational Assembly of France isJean-Louis Dumont.
