an arrondissement in the department of the Creuse, in France. Its extent is 860 square miles, or 550,400 acres. It is divided into 10 cantons, and these into 113 communes, containing 93,298 inhabitants. The capital, of the same name, is a city on the banks of the river Creuse, containing a population of 3520 persons, chiefly occupied with manufactures of silk, of carpets, and of cloths.