historic highway
Voie Sacrée
The 'Sacred Way' from Bar-le-Duc to Verdun, the lifeline road that supplied the 1916 battle with a truck every 14 seconds. Milestones topped with poilu helmets line the route through Souilly.
30 km · about 35 min drive
Grand Est, France · Europe
Bar-le-Duc is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Longeville-en-Barrois, 30km from Voie Sacrée.
Bar-le-Duc is a town located in Grand Est, France. With a population of 18,595, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Bar-le-Duc sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bar-le-Duc to your route.
Bar-le-Duc (French pronunciation: [baʁ lə 'dyk] ), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The lower, more modern and busier part of the town extends along a narrow valley, shut in by wooded or vine-clad hills, andRead more
is traversed by the Ornain, which is crossed by several bridges. It is bordered on the north-east by the Marne–Rhine Canal and on the south-west by a small arm of the Ornain called the Canal des Usines, on the left bank of which the upper town (Ville Haute) is situated.
The highly rarefied Bar-le-duc jelly, also known as Lorraine jelly, is a spreadable preparation of white currant or red currant fruit preserves. First mentioned in the historical record in 1344, it is also colloquially referred to as "Bar caviar".
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Bar-le-Duc is located in Grand Est, France, Europe. The coordinates are 48.7728 latitude, 5.1611 longitude.
Bar-le-Duc has a population of approximately 18,595 people, making it a town in France.
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historic highway
The 'Sacred Way' from Bar-le-Duc to Verdun, the lifeline road that supplied the 1916 battle with a truck every 14 seconds. Milestones topped with poilu helmets line the route through Souilly.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
The museum and battlefield of WWI's longest, bloodiest battle, where forts and craters still scar the forest.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A solemn cloister holding the bones of 130,000 unidentified soldiers above the Verdun battlefield.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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