Lunéville

Lunéville, a town in the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, at the confluence of the Meurthe and the Vezouse, and 20 miles by rail SE. of Nancy. It was formerly a residence of the Dukes of Lorraine; their palace, built by Duke Leopold, in which the Emperor Francis I. was born, is now used as a cavalry barrack, this town being one of the largest cavalry stations in France. Here was signed the peace of Lunéville, on February 9, 1801, between Germany and France, on the basis of the peace of Campo-Formio (q.v.). The industry embraces gloves, hosiery, cottons, &c. Pop. (1872) 12,251; (1886) 20,114.