Bar-le-Duc

Bar-le-Duc
Clock tower
Clock tower
Coat of arms of Bar-le-Duc
Location of Bar-le-Duc
Map
Bar-le-Duc is located in France
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc is located in Grand Est
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc
Coordinates: 48°46′19″N 5°09′37″E / 48.7719°N 05.1603°E / 48.7719; 05.1603
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementBar-le-Duc
CantonBar-le-Duc-1 and 2
IntercommunalityCA Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Martine Joly[1] (UDI)
Area
1
23.62 km2 (9.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
14,668
 • Density620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55029 /55000
Elevation175–327 m (574–1,073 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bar-le-Duc (French pronunciation: [baʁ dyk] ), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France.[3]

The lower, more modern and busier part of the town extends along a narrow valley, shut in by wooded or vine-clad hills, and is traversed by the Ornain, which is crossed by several bridges. It is bordered on the north-east by the Marne–Rhine Canal and on the south-west by a small arm of the Ornain called the Canal des Usines, on the left bank of which the upper town (Ville Haute) is situated.[4]

The highly rarefied Bar-le-duc jelly, also known as Lorraine jelly, is a spreadable preparation of white currant or red currant fruit preserves. First mentioned in the historical record in 1344, it is also colloquially referred to as "Bar caviar".

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file for Bar-le-Duc
  4. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bar-le-Duc". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 404.