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PONT-A-MOUSSON

Volume 18 · 67 words · 1842 Edition

a city of France, in the department of the Meurthe, and the arrondissement of Nancy. It is a neat place, situated in a charming valley, through which flows the river Moselle. It is fortified, and contains four churches, 925 houses, and 6650 inhabitants, who carry on the trades of spinning cotton by machinery, and of tanning leather. Long. 5. 57. 1. E. Lat. 48. 54. 19. N.