What is Toul?
[[Image:Toul-cathedrale-2005.jpg|thumb|right|Toul has a [[cathedral]]]] [[Image:Blason Toul 54.svg|thumb|90px|coat of arms]] '''Toul''' is a [[city]] in the Northeastern part of [[France]]. There are about 17,000 people living there. Toul is a [[fortified town]], with a long history. The people who started building the city were the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]]. It was the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[Leuci]] [[tribe]]. When the [[Carolingian Empire]] was split by the [[Treaty of Meerssen]], in [[870]], Toul was given to [[East Francia]]. In the early [[1800s]], the importance of the city diminished, and [[Nancy]] took its place. {{France-geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Communes in Meurthe-et-Moselle]] [[Category:Subprefectures in France]]