Lachaussée () is a commune in the

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department in

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in north-eastern

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. In January 1973, it absorbed the former communes Haumont-lès-Lachaussée and Hadonville-lès-Lachaussée.Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)
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'' n° 0290, 13 December 1972, p. 12829.

Geography

The village of Lachaussée lies on the south-eastern rim of a huge pond named ''Étang de Lachaussée'', which was created during the

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from a marsh area and then devoted to

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Communes of Meuse (department) {{Meuse-geo-stub

Geography

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