BAYEUX, an arrondissement of the department of Calvados, in France, extending over 390 square miles, containing six cantons, 159 communes, and 82,519 inhabitants. The capital, a city of the same name, is on the river Eure, in a fruitful valley, about seven miles from the sea. It contains 10,419 inhabitants, who are chiefly employed in making linen and cotton goods, and lace. Long. 0. 48. W. Lat. 49. 16. N.