a town of France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Meurthe, on the right bank of the Meurthe, at its junction with the Vesouze, 20 miles E. by S. of Nancy by railway; N. Lat. 48. 35., E. Long. 6. 29. It is regularly laid out, the streets being generally straight and the houses well built. A palace was built here by the Duke of Lorraine in the beginning of the eighteenth century. It is now a cavalry barrack, with accommodation for 6000 horses, and its gardens have been converted into public promenades. Attached to this barrack, which is the largest of its kind in France, is a riding-school, with an extensive exercising ground. The chief of the other public buildings are,—the parish church, hospitals, college, synagogue, and theatre. The inhabitants manufacture embroidery, delf ware, gloves, and hosiery; and carry on a trade in grain, hops, wine, hemp, and wood, by means of the Paris and Strasbourg Railroad which passes the town. Lunéville, though once a town of some importance, has of late decayed considerably. During the wars between the dukes of Burgundy and Lorraine it was strongly fortified, and sustained numerous sieges. A French army, however, in 1638 entered the town and levelled the fortifications. In the beginning of the eighteenth century it was the residence of Duke Leopold of Lorraine, and afterwards of Stanislaus, ex-King of Poland, both of whom did much to improve the appearance of the town. Pop. (1851) 12,476.