Beurey-sur-Saulx

Beurey-sur-Saulx
Beurey-sur-Saulx
Commune
	WWII memorial
	Coat of arms
	Location of Beurey-sur-Saulx
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	Coordinates: 48°45′31″N 5°01′40″E / 48.7586°N 5.0278°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Revigny-sur-Ornain
Intercommunality	CA Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Fillon
Area 1	11.62 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population (2022)	418
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55049 /55000
Elevation	148–235 m (486–771 ft) ; (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beurey-sur-Saulx (French pronunciation: [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 29 August 1949 by General André Zeller, commander of the 6th military region.