Bar-le-Duc

Bar-le-Duc, capital of the French department of Meuse, situated on the river Ornain and the Marne-Rhine canal, 158 miles E. of Paris by rail. It manufactures cotton and calicoes, and carries on a trade in timber from the Vosges, and in iron, wool, and wine. Bar-le-Duc has a communal college, normal school, theatre, and museum. The church dates from the 15th c. The Chevalier de St George, or Old Pretender, lived here for three years. Ondinot and Exelmans were natives. The ruined castle, long the stronghold of the Dukes of Bar, still overlooks the entrance into Lorraine. Pop. (1891) 18,634.