an arrondissement of the department of Calvados, in France, near 364 square miles in extent, and comprehending six cantons, 97 communes, and 86,745 inhabitants. The chief city, of the same name, on the river Bire, contains 8131 inhabitants, employed chiefly in the manufacture of woollen goods. Long. 1. 1. W. Lat. 48. 50. N.