Ornes

Ornes
Ruins of the Ornes church
Ornes
Location within Lorraine region  Ornes
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Charny-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Charny-sur-Meuse
Mayor	Charles Saint-Vanne (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	209–372 m (686–1,220 ft) (avg. 250 m/820 ft)
Land area1	18.52 km2 (7.15 sq mi)
Population2	2  (2006)
- Density	0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	55394/ 55150
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°15′13″N 5°28′21″E / 49.2536111111°N 5.4725°E / 49.2536111111; 5.4725

Ornes is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. The village is one of the nine French villages destroyed in the First World War and one of six that was never rebuilt. It's now a memorial place.

See also

• Zone rouge (First World War)
• French villages destroyed in the First World War
• List of places with fewer than ten residents
• Communes of the Meuse department