Place:Meuse, France

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NameMeuse
TypeDépartement
Coordinates49°N 5.5°E
Located inFrance
Also located inLorraine, France    
Contained Places
Cemetery
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial
Commune
Autrécourt-sur-Aire
Bar-le-Duc
Beaumont-en-Verdunois
Belleville-sur-Meuse
Bezonvaux
Bislée
Bras-sur-Meuse
Brizeaux
Châtillon-sous-les-Côtes
Clermont-en-Argonne
Commercy
Douaumont
Forges-sur-Meuse
Grimaucourt-en-Woëvre
Grimaucourt-près-Sampigny
Génicourt-sur-Meuse
Haudainville
Haumont-près-Samogneux
Kœur-la-Petite
Les Monthairons
Les Éparges
Lignières-sur-Aire
Ligny-en-Barrois
Loupmont
Marville
Mesnil-sous-les-Côtes ( - 1977 )
Montmédy
Morgemoulin
Mouilly
Nixéville
Nonsard
Nubécourt
Olizy-sur-Chiers
Ranzières
Revigny-sur-Ornain
Rouvrois-sur-Meuse
Récicourt
Saint-Mihiel
Saint-Rémy-la-Colonne
Seuil-d'Argonne
Sivry-sur-Meuse
Sommedieue
Troyon
Varennes-en-Argonne
Varnéville
Verdun
Vigneul-sous-Montmédy
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel
Villers-le-Sec
Watronville
Étain
Deserted settlement
Cumières ( 1000 - 1919 )
Former municipality
Fleury-sur-Aire
Triaucourt-en-Argonne
Inhabited place
Ancemont
Ancerville
Apremont
Avioth
Bantheville
Beauzée-sur-Aire
Belrupt-en-Verdunois
Billy-sous-les-Côtes
Bouligny
Bouquemont
Brandeville
Brieulles-sur-Meuse
Burey-en-Vaux
Buxières-sous-les-Côtes
Buzy
Charny-sur-Meuse
Chaumont-sur-Aire
Chonville
Combres-sous-les-Côtes
Contrisson
Courouvre
Damvillers
Dieue-sur-Meuse
Dommary-Baroncourt
Dugny-sur-Meuse
Dun-sur-Meuse
Euville
Fains-les-Sources
Fleury
Fresnes-en-Woëvre
Froidos
Gironville
Gondrecourt-le-Château
Hattonville
Haudiomont
Hennemont
Heudicourt-sous-les-Côtes
Houdelaincourt
Jametz
Lachalade
Lahaymeix
Lavoye
Lemmes
Les Islettes
Lisle-en-Barrois
Lérouville
Mont-Devant-Sassey
Montfaucon
Montiers-sur-Saulx
Montigny-Devant-Sassey
Montsec
Moulainville
Nettancourt
Pierrefitte-sur-Aire
Pouilly-sur-Meuse
Robert-Espagne
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon
Rumont
Saint-Aubin-sur-Aire
Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre
Sampigny
Saulmory-et-Villefranche
Sorcy-Saint-Martin
Souilly
Spincourt
Stenay
Thierville-sur-Meuse
Tronville-en-Barrois
Vaubecourt
Vaucouleurs
Vavincourt
Vignot
Vilosnes-sur-Meuse
Void-Vacon
Unknown
Abainville
Abaucourt-lès-Souppleville
Aincreville
Amanty
Amblaincourt
Ambly-sur-Meuse
Amel-sur-l'Etang
Andernay
Arrancy-sur-Crusne
Aubréville
Aulnois-en-Perthois
Aulnois-sur-Vertuzey
Autréville-St-Lambert
Auzécourt
Auzéville-en-Argonne
Avillers-Ste-Croix
Avocourt
Azannes-et-Soumazannes
Badonvilliers
Bannoncourt
Baudignécourt
Baudonvilliers
Baudrémont
Baulny
Bazeilles-sur-Othain
Bazincourt-sur-Saulx
Baâlon
Beauclair
Beaufort-en-Argonne
Beaulieu-en-Argonne
Behonne
Belleray
Belrain
Beney-en-Woëvre
Benoitveaux
Beurey-sur-Saulx
Biencourt-sur-Orge
Billy-sous-Mangiennes
Blanzée
Blercourt
Boinville-en-Woëvre
Boncourt-sur-Meuse
Bonnet
Bonzée-en-Woëvre
Bouconville-sur-Madt
Boureuilles
Boviolles
Bovée-sur-Barboure
Brabant-en-Argonne
Brabant-le-Roi
Brabant-sur-Meuse
Braquis
Brasseitte
Brauvilliers
Breux
Brillon-en-Barrois
Brixey-aux-Chanoines
Brocourt-en-Argonne
Brouennes
Broussey-en-Blois
Broussey-en-Woëvre
Bréhéville
Bulainville
Bure
Burey-la-Côte
Bussy-la-Côte
Butgnéville
Buxerulles
Béthelainville
Béthincourt
Cesse
Chaillon
Chalaines
Champlon
Champneuville
Champougny
Chardogne
Charpentry
Chassey-Beaupré
Chattancourt
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
Chauvency-St-Hubert
Chauvency-le-Château
Chauvoncourt
Chennevières
Cheppy
Cierges-sous-Montfaucon
Cléry-Grand
Cléry-Petit
Combles-en-Barrois
Condé-en-Barrois
Consenvoye
Corniéville
Courcelles-en-Barrois
Courcelles-sur-Aire
Courupt
Cousances-aux-Bois
Cousances-aux-Forges
Couvertpuis
Couvonges
Creuë
Crépion
Cuisy
Culey
Cunel
Dagonville
Dainville-Bertheléville
Damloup
Dammarie-sur-Saulx
Dannevoux
Darmont
Delouze
Delut
Demange-aux-Eaux
Deuxnouds-aux-Bois
Deuxnouds-devant-Beauzée
Dieppe-sous-Douaumont
Dieue
Dombasle-en-Argonne
Dombras
Dommartin-la-Montagne
Dompcevrin
Dompierre-aux-Bois
Domremy-aux-Bois
Domremy-la-Canne
Doncourt-aux-Templiers
Doulcon
Duzey
Ecouviez
Ecurey-en-Verdunois
Eix
Epiez-sur-Meuse
Epinonville
Erize-St-Dizier
Erize-la-Brulée
Erize-la-Grande
Erize-la-Petite
Ernecourt
Esnes-en-Argonne
Eton
Etraye
Evres
Flabas
Flassigny
Foameix
Fontaines-St-Clair
Foucaucourt-sur-Thabas
Fouchères-aux-Bois
Fresnes-au-Mont
Fresnois
Fromeréville-les-Vallons
Fromezey
Frémeréville-sous-les-Côtes
Futeau
Gercourt-et-Drillancourt
Gesnes-en-Argonne
Gibercy
Gimécourt
Gincrey
Girauvoisin
Givrauval
Gouraincourt
Goussaincourt
Gremilly
Guerpont
Gussainville
Génicourt-sous-Condé
Gérauvilliers
Géry
Hadonville-lès-Lachaussée
Haironville
Halles-sous-les-Côtes
Han-devant-Pierrepont
Han-lès-Juvigny
Han-sur-Meuse
Hannonville-sous-les-Côtes
Haraumont
Hargeville-sur-Chée
Harville
Hattonchâtel
Haucourt-la-Rigole
Hautecourt-lès-Broville
Heippes
Herbeuville
Herméville-en-Woëvre
Horville-en-Ornois
Houdelaucourt-sur-Othain
Hévilliers
Inor
Ippécourt
Iré-le-Sec
Issoncourt
Jonville-en-Woëvre
Jouy-en-Argonne
Jouy-sous-les-Côtes
Jubécourt
Julvécourt
Juvigny-en-Perthois
Juvigny-sur-Loison
Koeur-la-Grande
Labeuville
Lachaussée
Lacroix-sur-Meuse
Lahayville
Laheycourt
Laimont
Lamarche-en-Woëvre
Lamorville
Lamouilly
Landrecourt
Laneuville-au-Rupt
Laneuville-sur-Meuse
Lanhères
Latour-en-Woëvre
Lavallée
Lavignéville
Lavincourt
Le Bouchon-sur-Saulx
Le Claon
Le Neufour
Lempire-aux-Bois
Les Marats
Les Paroches
Les Roises
Les Souhesmes
Levoncourt
Liny-devant-Dun
Lion-devant-Dun
Liouville
Lisle-en-Rigault
Lissey
Loisey
Loison
Longchamps-sur-Aire
Longeaux
Longeville-en-Barrois
Louppy-le-Château
Louppy-sur-Chée
Louppy-sur-Loison
Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
Loxéville
Luméville-en-Ornois
Luzy-St-Martin
Maizeray
Maizey
Malancourt
Malaumont
Mandres-en-Barrois
Mangiennes
Manheulles
Marbotte
Marchéville-en-Woëvre
Marre
Marson-sur-Barboure
Martincourt-sur-Meuse
Maucourt-sur-Orne
Maulan
Mauvages
Maxey-sur-Vaise
Merles-sur-Loison
Milly-sur-Bradon
Mogeville
Mognéville
Moirey
Mondrecourt
Mont-Villers
Montblainville
Montbras
Montigny-lès-Vaucouleurs
Montplonne
Montzéville
Moranville
Morlaincourt
Morley
Moulins-St-Hubert
Moulotte
Mouzay
Murvaux
Mussey
Muzeray
Mécrin
Méligny-le-Grand
Méligny-le-Petit
Ménaucourt
Ménil-aux-Bois
Ménil-la-Horgne
Ménil-sur-Saulx
Naives-devant-Bar
Naives-en-Blois
Naix-aux-Forges
Nant-le-Grand
Nant-le-Petit
Nantillois
Nantois
Nançois-le-Grand
Nançois-sur-Ornain
Narcy
Nepvant
Neuville-Sur-Ornain
Neuville-en-Verdunois
Neuville-lès-Vaucouleurs
Neuvilly-en-Argonne
Nicey-sur-Aire
Nouillonpont
Noyers-le-Val
Ollières
Ornel
Ornes
Osches
Ourches-sur-Meuse
Oëy
Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte
Pagny-sur-Meuse
Pareid
Parfondrupt
Parois
Peuvillers
Pillon
Pintheville
Pont-sur-Meuse
Pretz
Quincy-Landzécourt
Quincy-sur-Loison
Rambluzin-et-Benoitevaux
Rambucourt
Rampont
Rancourt-sur-Ornain
Rarécourt
Raulecourt
Reffroy
Regnéville-sur-Meuse
Rembercourt-aux-Pots
Remennecourt
Resson
Riaville
Ribeaucourt
Richecourt
Rignaucourt
Rigny-St-Martin
Rigny-la-Salle
Romagne-sous-les-Côtes
Ronvaux
Rosières-devant-Bar
Rosières-en-Blois
Rosnes
Rouvres-en-Woëvre
Rouvrois-sur-Othain
Rupt-aux-Nonains
Rupt-devant-St-Mihiel
Rupt-en-Woëvre
Rupt-sur-Othain
Réchicourt
Récourt-le-Creux
Rémoiville
Réville-aux-Bois
Saint-Agnant-sous-les-Côtes
Saint-Amand-sur-Ornain
Saint-André-en-Barrois
Saint-Germain-sur-Meuse
Saint-Hilaire-en-Woëvre
Saint-Jean-lès-Buzy
Saint-Joire
Saint-Julien-sous-les-Côtes
Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain
Saint-Maurice-sous-les-Côtes
Saint-Pierrevillers
Salmagne
Samogneux
Sassey-sur-Meuse
Saudrupt
Saulx-en-Barrois
Saulx-en-Woëvre
Sauvigny
Sauvoy
Savonnières-devant-Bar
Savonnières-en-Perthois
Savonnières-en-Woëvre
Seigneulles
Senon
Senoncourt-les-Maujouy
Senonville
Septsarges
Sepvigny
Seraucourt
Seuzey
Silmont
Sivry-la-Perche
Sommaisne
Sommeilles
Sommelonne
Sorbey
Spada
Stainville
Sénard
Taillancourt
Tannois
Thillombois
Thillot
Thonne-la-Long
Thonne-le-Thil
Thonne-les-Prés
Thonnelle
Tilly-sur-Meuse
Tourailles-sous-Bois
Triconville
Troussey
Trémont-sur-Saulx
Trésauvaux
Tréveray
Ugny-sur-Meuse
Vacherauville
Vacon
Vadelaincourt
Vadonville
Varney
Varvinay
Vassincourt
Vaudeville-le-Haut
Vaudoncourt
Vauquois
Vaux-devant-Damloup
Vaux-la-Grande
Vaux-la-Petite
Vaux-lès-Palameix
Velaines
Velosnes
Verneuil-Grand
Verneuil-Petit
Vertuzey
Ville-Issey
Ville-devant-Belrain
Ville-devant-Chaumont
Ville-en-Woëvre
Ville-sur-Cousances
Ville-sur-Saulx
Villeroy-sur-Méholle
Villers-aux-Vents
Villers-devant-Dun
Villers-lès-Mangiennes
Villers-sous-Pareid
Villers-sur-Meuse
Villotte-devant-Louppy
Villotte-sur-Aire
Villécloye
Vilosnes
Vittarville
Viéville-sous-les-Côtes
Vouthon-Bas
Vouthon-Haut
Véel
Véry
Wadonville-en-Woëvre
Waly
Warcq
Wavrille
Willeroncourt
Wiseppe
Woimbey
Woinville
Woël
Xivray-et-Marvoisin
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Meuse or Maas ([1][2] ; or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a total length of .

History

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From 1301 the upper Meuse roughly marked the western border of the Holy Roman Empire with the Kingdom of France, after Count Henry III of Bar had to receive the western part of the County of Bar (Barrois mouvant) as a French fief from the hands of King Philip IV. The border remained stable until the annexation of the Three Bishoprics Metz, Toul and Verdun by King Henry II in 1552 and the occupation of the Duchy of Lorraine by the forces of King Louis XIII in 1633. Its lower Belgian (Walloon) portion, part of the sillon industriel, was the first fully industrialized area in continental Europe. ] The Afgedamde Maas was created in the late Middle Ages, when a major flood made a connection between the Maas and the Merwede at the town of Woudrichem. From that moment on, the current Afgedamde Maas was the main branch of the lower Meuse. The former main branch eventually silted up and is today called the Oude Maasje. In the late 19th century and early 20th century the connection between the Maas and Rhine was closed off and the Maas was given a new, artificial mouth – the Bergse Maas. The resulting separation of the rivers Rhine and Maas reduced the risk of flooding and is considered to be the greatest achievement in Dutch hydraulic engineering before the completion of the Zuiderzee Works and Delta Works. The former main branch was, after the dam at its southern inlet was completed in 1904, renamed Afgedamde Maas and no longer receives water from the Maas.

The Meuse and its crossings were a key objective of the Battle of France in May 1940 (Battle of Sedan (12–15 May 1940)) and of the last but one major German WWII counter-offensive on the Western Front, the Battle of the Bulge (Battle of the Ardennes) in December 1944 and January 1945.

The Meuse is represented in the documentary The River People released in 2012 by Xavier Istasse.

In July 2021, the Meuse basin was one of the many regions in Europe to experience catastrophic flooding during the 2021 European floods.

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