BOLOGNE, by the English commonly called Bul-
len, a city of France, in the department of the Straits
of Calais, and capital of the Bolonnois, seated near the
sea. It is divided into two towns, the Upper and
Lower; the first is strongly fortified, the other is en-
closed by walls only. The port is at the mouth of the
river Lianne, but the water is so shallow that no ships
of burden can enter it. It is defended on the side
of the river by a mole, which shelters it from the winds,
and at the same time prevents the river from filling it
with silt. E. Long. 1. 40. N. Lat. 50. 42.