an arrondissement of the department of the Meuse, in France, extending over 802 square miles, divided into seven cantons, and containing a population of 78,284 inhabitants, in 181 communes. The chief place, a city of the same name, is situated on the left bank of the Meuse, and is a neat, well-built place, containing 700 houses and 3386 inhabitants. Long. 5. 30. E. Lat. 48. 49. N.