VIENNE, a town of France, capital of an arrondissement, in the department of Isère, at the confluence of the Rhone with the small river Gere, 49 miles N.N.W. of Grenoble. It is encircled on three sides by hills, and on the west by the Rhone, and is traversed by the Gere. It is an ancient and ill-built town, with narrow, steep, and irregular streets, and a few smart squares. The lower and more modern part of the town is somewhat better, and has a good quay along the bank of the Rhone. The principal edifice is the old Gothic cathedral, considered one of the finest in France. It has two lofty towers, and is richly but not very tastefully ornamented. There are also here an ancient abbey; a handsome college, that formerly belonged to the Jesuits; a public library and museum; corn-exchange; hospital; and barracks. Vienne has numerous manufactories, among which are silk-mills, dyeworks, woollen and linen factories, paper-mills, tanneries, glassworks, soapworks, and foundries for copper and lead. An important trade is carried on in wine, cloth, iron, steel, copper, lead, and zinc. The town was called by the Romans Vienna Allobrogum, and some ancient Roman remains still exist in and near it. Pop. (1856) 18,458.