List of ghost towns

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

The following is a partial list of ghost towns:

Contents

[edit] Australia

See also: :Category:Ghost towns in Australia

[edit] Canada

[edit] Alberta

  • Retlaw
  • Travers
  • Del Bonita

[edit] British Columbia

[edit] Nova Scotia

[edit] Ontario

[edit] Quebec

[edit] China

[edit] Cyprus

[edit] Finland

  • Jussaari, an old village near the Jussaari mines

[edit] France

Six of the French villages destroyed in the First World War have never been rebuilt. All are found in the département of Meuse, and were destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in 1916:

  • Beaumont-en-Verdunois
  • Bezonvaux
  • Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
  • Fleury-devant-Douaumont
  • Haumont-près-Samogneux
  • Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre

Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed by a Waffen-SS battalion during the Second World War and its population massacred. The village was subsequently rebuilt nearby, but the ruins of the old village have been preserved.

[edit] Guyana

[edit] Hungary

  • Derenk, in north-east Hungary, was depopulated between 1938-1943, so that the surrounding area can be used as hunting grounds for Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary.

[edit] India

[edit] Iraq

[edit] Iran

[edit] Ireland

  • Slievemore(Sliabh Mór) [1]

[edit] Italy

[edit] Montserrat

[edit] Namibia

[edit] The Netherlands

[edit] Norway

[edit] Poland

  • Kłomino

[edit] Russia

[edit] Saudi Arabia

  • Albaten
  • Najd
  • Shaqra
  • Tharmida

[edit] South Atlantic

[edit] Spain

  • Belchite, Zaragoza, Aragón
  • Ochate, Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castilla y León
  • La Cornudilla, Valencia

[edit] Turkey


[edit] Turkmenistan

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

Main article: List of ghost towns in the United States

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../l/i/s/List_of_ghost_towns.html"
In other languages