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The Maurupt-le-Montois National Cemetery is home to the bodies of 515 French soldiers who died during the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914 and covers an area of 800m². During this battle, 90% of the village was destroyed, like a large number of neighbouring towns. It was commended in the Army Order and received France’s Croix de Guerre on 20 September 1920.

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Located 15 km from Longwy, Thil National Cemetery was established on the site of the former (work Kommando) annex camp to Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. It should be mentioned that the camp at Thil was the only camp of its kind to be built by the Nazis on non-annexed French territory.

The crypt, built on the site of the crematory furnace which is preserved as it was, was inaugurated in November 1946. It also houses the ashes of deportees, a model of the camp and many objects in remembrance of deportation. The crypt was recognised as a national cemetery in 1984.

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Lexy National Cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the Battle of the Frontiers in August 1914, in particular those who died on 22 August. Erected in 1922, this ossuary-monument houses the dead exhumed from graves in the town. Surmounted by an impressive monument, donated in 1922 by the family of one of the soldiers, the ossuary is built over a communal grave where 68 French soldiers lie buried.

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The national war cemetery of Baslieux contains the remains of soldiers who fell during the Battle of the Frontiers in August 1914. Established between 1920 and 1921, this site contains the bodies exhumed from isolated graves or temporary military cemeteries located in the region of Baslieux and Doncourt. Located on the site of a mass grave dug in 1914, this war cemetery contains the bodies of 293 Frenchmen buried in an ossuary monument. This was financed by the family of second lieutenant Trochu, an officer of the 151th Infantry regiment.

A few hundred metres away, another monument marks the site of the fighting of 22nd August 1914 in which 800 French soldiers were killed.

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The national war cemetery of Ville-Houdlémont contains the remains of soldiers who died for France during the Battle of the Frontiers in August 1914. Created following the battles, in the centre of the village, this little cemetery bears witness to the extremely violent clashes that took place on 22 August 1914, in the Longwy region.  Today, the bodies of 92 French soldiers are buried there. Ten were placed in individual graves, while the remains of 82 others were placed in two ossuaries. Surmounted by a cross, a monument decorated with twelve marble plaques commemorates the French soldiers who died at this exact place on 22 August 1914.

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The Villette national cemetery brings together the remains of 74 soldiers (52 of whom lie in two ossuaries) killed on 22 and 23 August 1914 during the Battle of the Frontiers, in particular in the sector of Longuyon and Villette. Created in 1917 by the German army, this cemetery was developed after the war in order to bring together bodies exhumed from temporary military cemeteries in the Villette area. Moreover, 36 Germans including 9 unknown soldiers lie here.

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The national war cemetery of Pierrepont contains the remains of soldiers who died for France in the Battle of the Frontiers in August 1914. Created in 1920, it bears witness to the extreme violence of the battles on 22 and 23 August 1914 around Pierrepont, which were among the bloodiest of the Great War. Established successively in 1920-1921, then in 1932-1936 to bring together the bodies exhumed from temporary military cemeteries in the region of Longwy and the Crusnes, Spincourt, the Othain and the Loison, this national war cemetery contains the remains of 3,758 French soldiers, 1,416 of which are in individual graves. The remains of 2,342 servicemen were placed in two ossuaries. Alongside them rest the bodies of 493 Russian, 141 Belgian, 2 British and 1 Romanian servicemen.

Several soldiers killed during World War II, including 20 French, 55 Soviet and 1 Czech, are buried at this site.

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Thionville National Cemetery was built during the First World War by the German Army. It contains the graves of 787 German soldiers, 86 of whom are buried in an ossuary, 692 Russians (including 1 civilian worker), 161 French (including one from Alsace-Lorraine and a civilian victim, Justin Bray, charged with revealing the position of a German sentry and killed by firing squad on 28 August 1914 - Grave n° 119), three British, three Luxembourgers (civilian victims killed on 16 July 1918) and two Belgians. This cemetery, which was further developed in 1924, houses a memorial to the 1914-1918 War.

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Established by the German army after the fighting of 29th August 1914 at Montmédy, this national war cemetery contains the bodies of 516 French soldiers, 506 of which were laid to rest in an ossuary. Ten bodies are buried in individual graves. Within the cemetery walls stands a monument with the dedication "Aux héros de la garnison de Montmédy - 29 août 1914 - Hommage aux morts et survivants de Brandeville - Leurs Enfants 30 août 1936" [To the heroes of the garrison of Montmédy - 29th August, 1914 - A tribute to the dead and survivors of Brandeville - their children, 30th August 1936]. In the church, Nancy’s master glassmaker Georges Janin created a stained glass window in 1929, in remembrance of the fighting of August 1914 and the resistance of the garrison of Montmédy.

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Established in 1920, the national war cemetery of Brieulles-sur-Meuse contains the remains of soldiers initially buried in the numerous temporary military cemeteries such as those of Consenvoye, Damvillers, Dun-sur-Meuse, Lissey, Montmédy, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, and Stenay. This war cemetery brings together 2,572 bodies, 1,520 of which were placed in two ossuaries. From the First World War, there are the remains of 2,389 French, 123 Russian, 35 Belgian and one British soldier, as well as 24 French servicemen including an unknown soldier who died during the fighting in May to June 1940.