a town of France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Vosges, on the left bank of the Moselle, at the foot of the Faucilles Mountains, commanding a fine view of the wooded heights of the Vosges, 17 miles S.E. of Epinal. It has broad and regular streets, lined with houses, ancient, low, and generally ill built. The parish church is a fine edifice in the Italian style; there is too a college, public library, hospital, and law court. Cotton, paper, leather, iron, and steel are among the manufactures of the place; and there is some trade, especially in cheese, timber, cattle, iron, and hemp. Pop. 5103.