a town of France, capital of the department of Vosges, situated on both sides of the Moselle, at the foot of the Vosges chain of mountains; 224 miles E. by S. of Paris. Pop. (1851) 10,183. The town is clean, and tolerably well built. It was formerly fortified, and has still remains of its ancient castle. Among its finest buildings are the barracks, the hotel of the prefecture, the Gothic parish church, and the theatre. It has also a communal college, public library of 20,000 vols., museum of paintings and antiquities, chamber of commerce, orphan asylum, hospital, and schools of design and music. Manufactures—embroidery, lace, linens, hosiery, earthenware, leather, paper, and chemical products. The vicinity abounds in agreeable promenades.