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Bar-Le-Duc

a city in France, the capital of the department of Meuse. It is on the Ornain river and the Marne canal, about 160 miles E. of Paris.

Among other notable buildings are a ater. The city suffered severely during commercial museum, a library, and the ater. The city suffered severely during the World War. Prior to that time it had important manufactures, including cotton and woolen mills, breweries, paper mills, foundries, etc. Pop. about 20,000.

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