Barrois
Region in Lorraine, France
Barrois (French pronunciation: [baʁwa]) is a pays (a historic French division roughly equivalent to a county) in eastern France. In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Duchy of Bar, then bordering the Duchy of Lorraine. Today Barrois is a pays of the present-day region of Lorraine.
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