a city of the department of the Saone and Loire, in France, on the river Grosse. It contains 467 houses, and 4019 inhabitants, who are employed in making hats, gloves, cotton twist, and other articles. It is celebrated on account of its large Benedictine monastery, the buildings of which resemble a city, while its church is 600 feet in length and 120 in breadth. It has produced many eminent men at different periods, and given to the church no less than six popes, among whom may be mentioned Pope Gregory VII. Long. 4. 33. 45. E. Lat. 46. 24. N.