PALISSE, LA, an arrondissement of the department of the Allier, in France, extending over 638 square miles. It comprehends six cantons, divided into seventy-seven communes, and contains 65,200 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name, situated in a fertile spot on the left bank of the river Allier. It contains 2250 inhabitants, who are employed in spinning cotton, and to a considerable extent in making boots and shoes.