Toul,

Toul, a fortified town in the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, on the Moselle, 20 miles W. of Nancy by rail. It has a former cathedral (965–1496), whose west front, with towers 245 feet high, is reckoned one of the finest in France, an 18th-century hôtel-de-ville, and manufactures of lace, hats, &c. The Tullum Leucorum of the Romans, Toul maintained a semi-independence till 1545; on 23d September 1870 surrendered to the Germans after an eight hours' bombardment; and since 1871 has been strongly fortified with a cordon of forts. Pop. (1872) 6584; (1891) 11,728. See works by Thiery (1841) and Daulnoy (1887).