VALOGNES, an arrondissement of the department of Manche in France. It extends over 406 square miles, and comprehends seven cantons, which are divided into 118 communes, with 95,950 inhabitants in 1836. The capital is the city of the same name, nine miles from the sea, on the banks of the river Werderet. It is a place of manufacturing industry, in which cloths called drops de Valognes, are extensively made. In 1836 it contained 1050 houses, and 6555 inhabitants. Near to it are the remains of an an-
cient city and an amphitheatre. Lat. 49. 30. 26. Long. Valleggio 1. 33. 45. W.