Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun and the Meuse river
Bird's-eye view of Verdun in 1638
Aerial photograph of Fort Douaumont towards the end of 1916
Citadel of Verdun during World War I
Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse. Meuse is part of the current region of Grand Est and is landlocked and borders by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium to the north. Parts of Meuse belong to Parc naturel régional de Lorraine. It had a population of 184,083 in 2019. Front lines in trench warfare during World War I ran varying courses through the department and it hosted an important battle/offensive in 1916 in and around Verdun.
Prefecture building of the Meuse department, in Bar-le-Duc
Spring in Meuse
Bar-le-Duc
Le Transi de René de Chalon by Ligier Richier in Bar-le-Duc