Bar-le-Duc, formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital.
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck, francoski vojak, biolog in akademik, * 1. avgust 1744, Bazentin-le-Petit, Picardie, severna Francija; † 18. december 1829, Pariz.