a considerable town of France, and capital of Nivernois, in Orleanais, with the title of a duchy, an ancient castle, and a bishop's see. It is built in the form of an amphitheatre, and contains several fine buildings. It is seated on the river Loir, over which there is an handsome bridge, and at the end of it a fine large causeway reaching to the town. E. Long. 3. 14. N. Lat. 46. 59.

NEUFCHATTEAU, a town of France, in Lorraine, and capital of the chatellenie of Chatenois. It is an handsome, populous, trading town; having an abbey of the nuns of St Clair, a commandery of Malta, and several convents of monks and nuns. It is seated in a bottom, in a soil fertile in corn, wine, and all the necessaries of life, on the river Mouzon. E. Long. 5. 45. N. Lat. 48. 20.