Beurey-sur-Saulx explained

Beurey-sur-Saulx
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Beurey-sur-Saulx 55.svg
Arrondissement:Bar-le-Duc
Canton:Revigny-sur-Ornain
Insee:55049
Postal Code:55000
Mayor:Gérard Fillon[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse
Coordinates:48.7586°N 5.0278°W
Elevation M:150
Elevation Min M:148
Elevation Max M:235
Area Km2:11.62

Beurey-sur-Saulx (in French pronounced as /bœʁɛ syʁ so/, literally Beurey on Saulx) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.

On 29 August 1944, the 3rd Panzergenadier Division of the German Wehrmacht massacred 86 inhabitants of this and the three neighboring villages of Robert-Espagne, Couvonges and Mognéville. This is also referred to as the Massacre de la vallée de la Saulx. In Beurey-sur-Saulx, the deputy mayor Mr. Aimé Honoré, Mr. Paul Fenaux and Mr. Eugene Francis were shot in front of their homes.

Charles de Gaulle participated in a memorial service on 28 July 1946. A memorial was inaugurated on August 29, 1949 by General André Zeller, commander of the 6th military region.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.