ALENZON, a town of France, the capital of the
department of Orne, in Lower Normandy. It is sur-
rounded with good walls, and flanked with towers. The
castle was formerly a place of great consequence, and
has held out long sieges. It has but one parish-church,
which has a bold and noble front; and in 1815 had
13,234 inhabitants. It is seated on the river Sarte,
in a vast open plain, which produces all sorts of corn
and fruit. Near it there are quarries of stone fit for
building, wherein are found a sort like Bristol stones.
The trade of Alenzon is in linen, lace, stuffs, and lea-
ther. It is 20 miles north of Mons, 63 south-by-west
of Rouen, and 88 south-west of Paris. E. Long. 0. 10.
N. Lat. 48. 25.