an arrondissement in the department of the Upper Saone and Loire, in France, extending over 795 square miles, and comprising ten cantons and 160 communes, with 108,336 inhabitants. The chief place, a city of the same name, distinguished by the adjunct "Sur Saone," is a well-situated and well-built town, the seat of the local courts of judicature, and containing 1257 houses, with 11,128 inhabitants. It is a place of considerable trade, being a kind of entrepôt for the commodities of the north and south of the kingdom, especially for corn, wine, oil, iron, copper, and soap.

an arrondissement in the department of the Marne, in France, extending to 510 square miles, divided into four cantons, and subdivided into eighty communes, containing 86,824 inhabitants. The capital is the city of Chalons-Sur-Marne, an irregular and ill-built town, containing 2800 houses, and a population of 11,000 souls. It has some mills for spinning cotton and flax, and a few woollen goods are made. It is situated in longitude 4. 16. 24. E., and latitude 48. 57. 28. N.