5 km northeast of Charny - 11 km north of Verdun.
Created in the second century AD, the Gallo-Roman village Louvemont lives mainly on agriculture.
The first church was built in the 11th century. It is replaced in the 17th century by the construction of a new church choir the nave and tower were erected in 1778.
With 300 inhabitants in 1846, its population has more in 1914, only 183 inhabitants mainly living from agriculture.
In August 1914, the front is at about 6 or 7 km from the village. The movement of civilians is thereby limited. Then in October 1914, an outbreak of the French army away a little of the dangers of sporadic fire from German artillery.
On February 21, 1916, the outbreak of the great German offensive, Louvemont is violently bombarded. Its advocates resist, until February 25 evening, the thunder and the terrible destruction that can cause the shells to the bayonet against the onslaught of German infantry.
From late February to mid-December 1916, the fiercest fighting to focus on the Pepper Coast, stretching from Louvemont to Vacherauville.
Finally, on 15 and 16 December 1916, the Germans left the area after the victorious offensive of General Mangin. The ruins of French Louvemont then revert to the end of the conflict.
Classified as "red zone", is said Louvemont village destroyed in 1919, benefiting from the unique status that will enable it to build, between the wars, the war memorial and the chapel Saint-Pierre-free links, inaugurated on 3 May 1930.
The inscription "In memory of Haudraumont and Mormont" on this monument recalls the existence of two vanished hamlets of the commune. Similarly, adding "Pepper Coast" in his own name reflects the will of its former inhabitants never erase from their memory the high place that marked the tragic story of the 1914-1918 war and their municipality.
