Lunéville

Lunéville
Theater, whose archway gives access to the château gardens.
Coat of arms
Lunéville
Location within Grand Est region  Lunéville
Coordinates: 48°35′22″N 6°30′06″E / 48.5894°N 6.5017°E / 48.5894; 6.5017Coordinates: 48°35′22″N 6°30′06″E / 48.5894°N 6.5017°E / 48.5894; 6.5017
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Lunéville
Intercommunality	Lunévillois
Government
• Mayor (2008–-)	Jacques Lamblain
Area1	16.34 km2 (6.31 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	20,505
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	54329 / 54300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lunéville (French pronunciation: ​[ly.ne.vil] ; German, obsolete:  Lünstadt ) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in France.

It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the Meurthe River at its confluence with the Vezouze.

Lunéville was a renowned resort in the 18th century, known as the capital of Lorraine. The grand Château de Lunéville, built in 1702 for Leopold, Duke of Lorraine to replace an older palace, was the residence of the duke of Lorraine until the duchy was annexed by France in 1766. The château was designed in the style of Versailles to satisfy Leopold's wife, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, the niece of Louis XIV, and became known as the "Versailles of Lorraine". It includes a chapel designed by Germain Boffrand. Leopold and his wife were the parents of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (through him they were the grandparents of Marie Antoinette).