PUY, LE, an arrondissement of the department of the Upper Loire, in France, extending over 779 square miles. It has fourteen cantons, 117 communes, and 122,450 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name, distinguished by the addition en Belay, which is situated on the river Borne. It is the seat of the departmental boards of government, and the see of a bishop. It contains 2950 houses, with 13,100 inhabitants, whose chief employment is lace-making, and the manufacture of cotton goods, especially muslins. It has also some manufactures of copper and iron wares, and of pottery. Long. 3. 47. 40. E. Lat. 45. 2. 41. N.