At the gates of the Regional Natural Park of the balloons of the Vosges, Lure takes shape on a flat territory framed by two mounts. Ponds pigment the hilly landscape. It is the disciple of Saint Columban, Saint Desle, who marks the birth of Lure in 610 by founding an oratory near a chapel dedicated to Saint Martin in this place. Some time later, Lure became a powerful Benedictine abbey. The houses pushed around the abbey forming a sturdy village. Agriculture was the main economic activity. In 1674, the village was taken by assault and became French. In 1764, the canons replaced the Benedictines in the village and began to structure it more elegantly. In the 1870s, the textile industry took root in the village, gradually replacing agriculture. Today it is a peaceful and densely populated city.