a town of France, in Lorraine, and capital of the chatellenie of Chatenois. It is an handsome, populous, trading town; having an abbey of the nuns of St Clair, a commandery of Malta, and several convents of monks and nuns. It is seated in a bottom, in a foil fertile in corn, wine, and all the necessaries of life, on the river Mouzon. E. Long. 5°45' N. Lat. 48°20'.