| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | CLOSEST TOWNS | |||
| Town | La Ferté-sur-Chiers | Margut at 2 km (2 min) | ||
| Insee code | 08168 | Villy at 2.7 km (3 min) | ||
| Postcode | 08370 | Olizy-sur-Chiers at 3 km (3 min) | ||
| Latitude | 49.5756310 | Moiry at 3.7 km (5 min) | ||
| Longitude | 5.2411910 | Bièvres at 3.9 km (5 min) | ||
| Surface | 6.41 km² | Fromy at 3.9 km (5 min) | ||
| Population | 189 inhabitants | Lamouilly at 4.4 km (4 min) | ||
| Density | 30 inhabitants/km² | Nepvant at 4.9 km (5 min) | ||
| Chief town | Charleville-Mézières (at 52 km, 47 min) | Malandry at 5.2 km (6 min) | ||
| Department | Ardennes | Signy-Montlibert at 5.8 km (7 min) | ||
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne | Search another town | ||
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Small book "La Ferte" Latest work of the Maginot line and only fort where during the fighting in May 1940 (from 15 to 18 May 1940) the entire crew was killed in tragic circumstances. Commanded by Lieutenant Yves Bourguignon, these men after the decommissioning of their means of fighting, will have denied permission to leave their blocks of concrete, leading to a horrible death (asphyxiation with carbon monoxide) it will therefore be no new troops at dawn on May 19 The Germans enter the work May 20 after blowing the door with a load, they discover the body in the gallery link between the 2 blocks of 25 meters below the surface (106 in all), they will be left up to the 9, 10, June 11 or 3 weeks after their deaths, to be buried in a mass grave in the village of Villy (except the lieutenant and 16 other soldiers and officers who do their that are discovered July 13, 1973, following the testimony of a German who participated in the sad task). 70 years later we still do not know the end of the story about the last moments of the book (for lack of witnesses).
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| Transport | Train station of La Ferté-sur-Chiers |
| Monuments | Fort of La Ferté |
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