CLAUDE, St, an arrondissement in the department of Jura, in France, extending over 398 square miles, and comprehending five cantons and 114 communes, with 48,667 inhabitants. The chief place, a city of the same name, is situated at the conflux of the rivers Ison and Bienn, in a plain inclosed by three mountains. It contains 3579 inhabitants, who are industrious in the making of various kinds of wood ware, and of domestic utensils of the several metals. There are some marble quarries near it. Long. 5. 50. E. Lat. 46. 20. N.