Bar-le-Duc

Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc
Prefecture and commune
	Clock tower
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bar-le-Duc
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	Coordinates: 48°46′19″N 5°09′37″E / 48.7719°N 05.1603°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Bar-le-Duc-1 and 2
Intercommunality	CA Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Martine Joly (UDI)
Area 1	23.62 km2 (9.12 sq mi)
Population (2021)	14,668
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55029 /55000
Elevation	175–327 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 lə 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".

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

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file for Bar-le-Duc

[EB1911-4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bar-le-Duc". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 404.

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