Langres

Langres, a town in the French department of Haute-Marne, is situated at an elevation of 1530 feet above sea-level (one of the highest towns in France), 184 miles ESE. of Paris by rail. A place of military importance as key of the communication between the Seine and the Rhone, it has been strongly fortified since 1868, and has a cathedral of the 12th and 13th century. Pop. 7157. Langres (anc. Andematunnum) in Caesar's time was the capital of the Lingones, a name corrupted into Langres.