an arrondissement of the department of the Indre, in France, extending over 940 square miles. It is divided into eight cantons and ninety-three communes, containing 76,345 inhabitants. The capital, a city of the same name, is in a fine situation, but it is an ill-built town. It contains 1200 houses and 8512 inhabitants. Long. 1. 36. 5. E. Lat. 46. 48. 45. N.