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The Meuse – Verdun Memorials and Monuments loop from Forges-sur-Meuse

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The Meuse – Verdun Memorials and Monuments loop from Forges-sur-Meuse

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The Meuse – Verdun Memorials and Monuments loop from Forges-sur-Meuse

05:25

85.4km

490m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 60.5 km for 9 m

After 60.7 km for 9 m

After 63.8 km for 17 m

After 66.1 km for 32 m

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19.9 km

Pershing Bridge of Dun-sur-Meuse

Highlight • Bridge

Dun-sur-Meuse is a French commune located in the department of Meuse, in the Lorraine region.

The upper town was largely destroyed during the First World War.

This bridge over the Meuse is one of the most beautiful monuments of this type in France. There are bronze balustrades on both sides of the bridge, with designs in the center and inscribed plaques.

It reminds French citizens and others, who will cross the bridge for years to come, of the passage of the Meuse.

The crossing of the Meuse by the 5th Division was commanded by General John Pershing.

It was one of the most brilliant military exploits of the American army on French territory.

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54.5 km

Maaskanaal Terrace in Vacherauville

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Beautiful, peaceful location to take a break.
Lovely to stay at the waterfront of the Maas Canal. Information boards provide information about fauna and flora

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56.4 km

National Necropolis of Bras-sur-Meuse

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Military cemetery created in 1916 during the Battle of Verdun. It contains the remains of 6,537 French soldiers, including 2,000 in ossuaries. Most of them died in 1916 on the right bank of the Meuse, near strategic points such as Côte 344 and Thiaumont. In 1961, 151 soldiers who died in the Second World War were also buried there. The necropolis covers 3.2 hectares and was set up between 1919 and 1934

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60.6 km

The Meuse

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The Meuse and the Canal de Meuse run together near the city of Verdun through the Maasvlakte.
Know that it can be quite busy here. Enjoy together, each at their own pace.

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63.8 km

Memoire Vive

Highlight • Historical Site

Located near the Porte Chaussée and the Verdun War Memorial, this contemporary metal sculpture was designed by the artist Jean-No and created by students from the Lycée Professionnel Eugène Freyssinet. Created to mark the centenary of the Battle of Verdun, it symbolises the living memory of the conflict. The installation connects the past and the future through education and art.

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65.3 km

Canal des Minimes

Lake

66.2 km

Canal Saint-Airy

Lake

68.4 km

Monument to the Dead and the Children of Verdun

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The monument is located on the east bank of the Meuse, in front of Japiot Park, next to Porte Chaussée. Built in 1928, it stands on the site of the military butchery destroyed in 1916. The monument is composed of five figures representing the five corps of the army engaged during the battle of 1916: a horseman, an engineer, a territorial , an infantryman and an artilleryman.

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68.7 km

Verdun Memorials and Monuments

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Verdun, in Lorraine, in the middle of the Maasvlakte, is marked by a heavy historical past, closely linked to the First World War. Battlefield of a terrible battle in 1916, which cost more than 300,000 lives in 10 months, the city commemorates this painful past with a permanent tribute to the soldiers killed at the front.

More info at france-voyage.com/frankrijk-toerisme/verdun-526.htm

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81.6 km

Cumières-le-Mort-Homme

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Cumières-le-Mort-Homme (with the predestined name) is one of the eight completely destroyed villages in the red zone of Verdun.

It was in February 1916 that the heaviest fighting took place. 10,000 hairy people died in this sector. In 1922, the town was declared a "dead village for France".

Two kilometers in the woods of the hill, you find the statue of the sculptor Jacques Froment-Meurice which is related to the event.

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85.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

55.9 km

14.5 km

8.54 km

4.59 km

1.22 km

608 m

183 m

Surfaces

68.9 km

10.1 km

5.83 km

381 m

204 m

115 m

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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The Meuse – Verdun Memorials and Monuments loop from Forges-sur-Meuse

Pershing Bridge of Dun-sur-Meuse

Maaskanaal Terrace in Vacherauville

National Necropolis of Bras-sur-Meuse

The Meuse

Memoire Vive

Monument to the Dead and the Children of Verdun

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