an arrondissement in the department of the Gard, in France, extending over 480 square miles, or 307,200 acres. It is divided into nine cantons, and ninety-nine communes, and contains 68,223 inhabitants.

a city, and chief of the arrondissement of the same name. It is situated on the river Gardon, at the foot of the Cavennes. It contains 9380 inhabitants, who are employed in manufacturing ribbons, sewing-silk, silk-hosiery, cotton-goods, glass, porcelain, and other articles. Long. 3. 29. 40. E. Lat. 44. 7. N.