Luneville

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Luneville
Lunéville coat of arms
Lunéville (France)
Luneville
region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Luneville
Canton Lunéville-1 (main town)
Lunéville-2 (main town)
Community association Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat
Coordinates 48 ° 35 '  N , 6 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '  N , 6 ° 30'  E
height 217-321 m
surface 16.34 km 2
Residents 18,287 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,119 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 54300
INSEE code
Website www.luneville.fr

Saint Jacques Church in Lunéville

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Lunéville [ly.ne.vil] (also outdated Lünstadt ) is a French commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). Lunéville is the seat of the sub-prefecture of the same name , capital of the cantons Lunéville-1 and Lunéville-2 .

Lunéville is located at the confluence of the Vezouze in the Meurthe , about 30 kilometers away from Nancy . With 18,287 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Lunéville is the second largest city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department after Nancy.

history

Lunéville was once a small county and has been part of the Duchy of Lorraine since the 15th century . It owed its upswing to Leopold Joseph von Lorraine , who moved to Lunéville in 1702 when his capital Nancy was occupied by French troops. He had the baroque palace built by the architect Germain Boffrand and expanded the city into a worthy residence. An earthenware factory was established here in 1730, which was soon recognized as royal. She still makes world famous ceramic products today.

Renaud & Armide figurines Lunéville faience in the Lorrain Museum

Then Stanislaus I. Leszczyński - the last Prince of Lorraine - ruled the duchy from Lunéville until the end of his life (February 23, 1766). According to the treaty, Lorraine fell to the French crown after him. On February 9, 1801, Joseph Bonaparte signed the Treaty of Lunéville for the French Republic and Johann Ludwig Graf Cobenzl for Austria . This peace agreement marks the end of the Second Coalition War and the victory of France. In terms of content, this peace treaty prepares the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (1803).

In 1827 Prince Ludwig Aloys zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein was appointed Marshal and Peer of France . For his services he was given the Lunéville Castle as his residence. He was in command of the Hohenlohe regiment , which joined the French Foreign Legion in 1831 . Ludwig Aloys died in Lunéville on May 31, 1829.

Particularly at the beginning of the First World War , the area around the city was highly competitive. The attempt to break through by the German 6th Army on Épinal failed at the end of August 1914 due to the strong fortifications in the French defense in the Nancy / Lunéville area.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 21,618 23,177 22,709 21,468 20,711 20,188 20,078 18,287

Attractions

The main attraction of the city is the Lunéville Castle, built in the 18th century . It was planned by the architect Germain Boffrand from 1702 and served as Duke Leopold Joseph's residence . It was badly damaged in a fire in January 2003. The Conseil Général de la Meurthe-et-Moselle in Nancy is collecting donations to restore parts of the castle that were destroyed by the fire.

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Lunéville Castle
Faience from Lunéville
Organ in the Saint-Jacques church

Town twinning

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Lunéville  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Brockhaus Konversationslexikon. 1911 ( Lünstadt )