an arrondissement of the department of the Indre and Loire, in France, extending over 1060 square miles. It is divided into eight cantons, and these into 119 communes, containing 90,314 inhabitants. The chief city, of the same name, is on the right bank of the Bienne, is fortified, and contains 840 houses, and 6016 inhabitants, employed in various trades, chiefly arising from the productions of the neighbourhood, such as silk, wine, liquorice, and similar products. Long. 0.5.40. E. Lat. 47.11.4. N.