Neufchâteau

Neufchâteau takes its name from the “new castle” recorded in 1199, which gave its name to a town in the Ardennes lands of Luxembourg. The castle was divided between two lordships from 1541 and was destroyed by Louis XIV's troops in 1657. An estate map of 1609 preserves a view of the town and its surrounding district before that destruction. Under French rule from 1795 to 1815, Neufchâteau became an administrative centre in the department of Forêts.