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Cheppy
Location of Cheppy
Map
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementArrondissement of Verdun
CantonCanton of Varennes-en-Argonne
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Montfaucon-Varennes-en-Argonne
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-François Lamorlette
Area
1
14.83 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
131
 • Density8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55113 /55270
Elevation155–239 m (509–784 ft)
(avg. 169 m or 554 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Monument of Missouri

Cheppy is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It was a site of fighting during the World War I. An American monument have been erected there by the State of Missouri after the war to honour the volunteers of the state.

See also

French World War I memorial in Cheppy, France.