a province of France, in the government of Guienne; bounded on the east by the Cévennes and Gévaudan, on the west by Quercy, on the north by the same and Auvergne, and on the south by Languedoc. It is 75 miles in length, and 50 in breadth; not very fertile, but feeds a number of cattle, and has mines of copper, iron, alum, vitriol, and sulphur. It is divided into a county, and the upper and lower marche. Rhodes is the capital town.