bar-le-duc

bar-le-duc
bar-le-duc also Bar-le-Duc (bär'lĭ-do͞okʹ) n.
A savory preserve made of white currants or gooseberries.
  [After Bar-le-Duc, a town of northeast France.]

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France
      capital of Meuse département, Lorraine région, northeastern France. It extends out along the narrow valley of the Ornain River, west of Nancy. To the northeast is the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, on the southwest the Canal des Usines. The Ornain River valley is enclosed by wooded and vine-clad hills. From the 10th century Bar was the seat of a countship, and later a duchy. The remains of the château of the counts and dukes of Bar are in the upper town, along with the 15th–16th-century Church of Saint-Étienne and medieval houses. The Church of Notre-Dame (15th century) and the buildings housing municipal offices are in the lower town. Bar-le-Duc is above all an administrative and service centre; its historic buildings also give the town a tourist function. Industries include textile and machinery manufacture. Since the 14th century Bar-le-Duc has produced renowned currant jam made by laboriously removing the seeds by hand from each berry. Pop. (1999) 16,944; (2005 est.) 15,800.

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