Bar-le-Duc

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Bar-le-Duc

Total population

14,668

Coordinates48.77°, 5.16°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bar-le-Duc, 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans

Marshal of France (1775-1852)

Nicolas Oudinot

Marshal of France (1767-1847)

Raymond Poincaré

French statesman and lawyer, President of France (1860-1934)

Mary of Lorraine

Scottish Queen consort; (1515-1560)

Pierre de Breville

French composer

Charles Oudinot

eldest son of Napoleon I's marshal Nicolas Oudinot of his first marriage with Charlotte Derlin, also made a military career (1791-1863)

É

Émile Bréhier

French historian of philosophy (1876–1952)

Jean-Henri d'Anglebert

French harpsichordist and composer

Edmond Laguerre

mathematician from France

É

Étienne de Bar

Catholic cardinal

Antoine, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine

Jules-Henri Desfourneaux

French executioner (1877–1951)

Gustave Lefebvre

French egyptologist (1879–1957)

Jules Develle

French politician (1845-1919)

Charles of Lorraine, prince of Commercy

French noble and field marshal

P

Paul Manneville

French physicist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Grand Est

• Revigny-sur-Ornain
  8.9 mi away · pop. 2,702
• Ancerville
  11.4 mi away · pop. 2,599
• Bettancourt-la-Ferrée
  11.8 mi away · pop. 1,795
• Joinville
  22.7 mi away · pop. 2,972
• Sainte-Menehould
  25.1 mi away · pop. 4,166
• Hans
  30.1 mi away · pop. 130
• Grand
  30.5 mi away · pop. 356
• Manheulles
  30.7 mi away · pop. 148
• Anglus
  32.2 mi away
• Froncles
  32.7 mi away · pop. 1,387
• Toul
  34 mi away · pop. 15,849
• Moulotte
  34.8 mi away · pop. 89

Browse all places in Grand Est →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bar-le-Duc

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

Seen 2026-09-17

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-17

Hoary Plantain

Plantago media

Seen 2026-09-17

Brickwork Woodlouse

Porcellio spinicornis

Seen 2026-09-16

Oberthür's grizzled skipper

Pyrgus armoricanus

Seen 2026-09-16

Wild Mignonette

Reseda lutea

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Crimson-and-gold Moth

Pyrausta purpuralis

Seen 2026-09-14

Square-spot Rustic

Xestia xanthographa

Seen 2026-09-14

Deer Ked

Lipoptena cervi

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers