an arrondissement of the department of the Cher, in France, extending over 942 square miles, containing ten cantons and 121 communes, with 89,594 inhabitants. The chief place, a city of the same name, is situated at the confluence of the rivers Aron and Erro. It still retains the old Roman walls, and eighty lofty towers. It is also the see of an archbishop, and, besides the cathedral, has sixteen churches, and several hospitals and other charitable foundations. The inhabitants are 18,200. Long. 17. 11. E. Lat. 47. 4. N.