Beaufort-en-Argonne

Commune in Grand Est, France

Location of Beaufort-en-Argonne

(2021–2026) Joël Fourreaux^[1]Area

11.09 km² (4.28 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

133 • Density12/km² (31/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

55037 /55700

Elevation175–245 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: [bofɔʁ ɑ̃.n‿aʁɡɔn], literally Beaufort in Argonne) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.

Population

Historical population
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]

History

Beaufort was the site of the final shot of World War I: a 95-pound shell fired at 10:59:59 AM^[4] on 11 November 1918 from a 155mm howitzer nicknamed Calamity 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 between Metz and Sedan.^[6]

Government

The communities representative for the National Assembly of France is Jean-Louis Dumont.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "11th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT". 25thIDA.org. 25th Infantry Division Association. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ Hymel, Kevin (20 January 2015). "The Last Ones to Fire: The 11th Field Artillery in World War I". ArmyHistory.org. Campaign for the National Museum of the United States Army. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ "11th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT". 25thIDA.org. 25th Infantry Division Association. Retrieved 11 November 2018.