Damvillers is a commune in the Meuse department, in the historic region of Lorraine and the Grand Est region of northeastern France. It lies 24.5 km from Verdun and 80 km from Luxembourg City and had 613 inhabitants in 2023. Medieval forms of the name include Damvillerium in 1086 and Danviler in 1204. In 1317 it was a small village of the Duchy of Luxembourg protected by a castle where Beatrice, queen of Bohemia, lived. Charles V made it a fortress, and it passed to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, then belonged to French Luxembourg until 1790. It is one of the places where the action of the 1978 television film All Quiet on the Western Front is set.
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Population municipale 613 hab.
On Continent: Europe, Introduction
est une commune française située dans le département de la Meuse
Part Of: France, Introduction
est une commune française située dans le département de la Meuse
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead
Damvillers (French pronunciation: [dɑ̃vile]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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