SEDAN, an arrondissement of the department of the Ardennes, in France, extending over 278 square miles, divided into four cantons and eighty-two communes, with, in the year 1836, 63,233 inhabitants. The capital is the fortified city of the same name, situated on the river Meuse. It is celebrated for its cloth manufactures, especially those of black; and it has also some considerable establishments for making cannon, muskets, and other arms, as well as other kinds of hardware, and china. In the same year its population amounted to 13,719. Long. 4. 52. 31. E. Lat. 49. 22. 29. N.
SEDAN-CHAIR is a covered vehicle for carrying a single person, being suspended by two poles, and borne by two men, who are hence denominated chairmen. They were first introduced into London in 1634, when Sir Sanders Duncomb obtained the sole privilege to use, let, and hire a number of the said covered chairs for fourteen years.