Bezonvaux is a commune of the Meuse département, in northeastern France. The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Meuse is a département in northeast France, named after the Meuse River. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...

Since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, it has had a population of 0 along with Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme and Fleury-devant-Douaumont. They shall not pass — Henri Philippe Pétain The Battle of Verdun was a major battle of the Western Front in World War I. The battle was fought between the German and French armies between February 21 and 19 December 1916 around Verdun in northeast France. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

After the war the area was completely destroyed and the land was made inhabitable, enough so to make the decision to not rebuilt it. The commune was maintained as a testimony of these villages which "died for France" as they were officially titled. However, the commune is managed by a municipal council of three members by the préfet of the Meuse département. In France and many other French-speaking countries, a préfet (English: prefect) is the States representative in a département or région (in the later case, he is called a préfet de région). ...