JOIGNY, an arrondissement of the department of the Yonne, in France. It extends over 774 square miles, is divided into nine cantons, and these into 110 communes, having a population of 78,687 persons. The capital, from which the circle takes its name, is a city on a hill, rising from the banks of the river Yonne. It is surrounded with walls, has a fine market-place, and 1000 houses, with 5176 inhabitants. There are some manufactures of cloth and of leather. Long. 3. 55. E. Lat. 47. 50. N.
1 This translation occurs in a volume entitled Scotia Rediviva, a Collection of Tracts illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Scotland, p. 361. Edinb. 1826, 8vo.
2 Nicolson's Scottish Historical Library, p. 121.
3 Woodhouselee's Memoirs of Lord Kames, vol. i. app. p. 3.