Ouvrage Kerfent
Ouvrage Kerfent is a lesser work of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks and an observation block, and is located between petits ouvrages Mottemberg and Bambesch, facing Germany.Photo: Kerfent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ouvrage Bambesch and Saint Remigius Church (Boucheporn).
Ouvrage Bambesch
Photo: Lvcvlvs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ouvrage Bambesch is a lesser work of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks, and is located between petits ouvrages Kerfent and Einseling, facing Germany. Ouvrage Bambesch is situated 1½ km south of Ouvrage Kerfent.
Saint Remigius Church (Boucheporn)
Church
Photo: BenduKiwi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Remigius Church (Boucheporn) is situated 1¼ km north of Ouvrage Kerfent.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours de Kleindal
Church
Photo: Aimelaime, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours de Kleindal is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of Ouvrage Kerfent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Avold.
Saint-Avold
Town
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Saint-Avold is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated twenty-eight miles east of Metz, France and seventeen miles southwest of Saarbrücken, Germany. Saint-Avold is situated 7 km east of Ouvrage Kerfent.
Ouvrage Kerfent
- Type: Fort
- Description: Maginot Line ouvrage
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold, Arrondissement de Forbach-Boulay-Moselle, Moselle, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.12947° or 49° 7′ 46″ northLongitude
6.61155° or 6° 36′ 42″ eastInception
1933Open location code
8FX84JH6+QJOpenStreetMap ID
way 572941900OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q3358776
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In Other Languages
“Ouvrage Kerfent” goes by many names.
- French: “Kerfent”
- French: “ouvrage du Kerfent”
- French: “Ouvrage du Kerfent”
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