Acc. to a French minister in 1999, there were five such
municipalities: see
http://www.carrefourlocal.org/vie_locale/ministres/principes/13589.htm
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Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> In France, there are some municipalities that don't have a single
> inhabitant! These are some villages that were devastated in WW 1,
> with no inhabitants left, but the municipalities were never
> abolished! What this means in practice, I don't know.
>
> Cf.:
>
> Communes sans habitants : six des sept communes de France ne
comptant
> aucun habitant se trouve dans le périmètre historique du champ de
> bataille de Verdun : Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Bezonveux, Haumont-près-
> Samogneux, Louvement-Côte-du-Poivre, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme et
Fleury-
> devant-Douaumont.
>
> Source: http://vielocale-viepublique.fr/vielocal/cgi-bin/dep.pl?55
>
> Peter S.