BARMEN, a town of Rhenish Prussia, in the government of Düsseldorf, and circle of Elberfeld. It is a long straggling town, stretching along the northern valley of the Wupper, and is formed of the town of Gemark and several villages.
Its manufactures are very extensive, and similar to those of the contiguous town of Elberfeld; which see. Pop. in 1849, 35,984.