an arrondissement of the department of the Lot, in France, extending over 672 square miles. It is divided into eight cantons and 168 communes, containing 80,178 inhabitants. The capital is a city of the same name, situated on the river Celle, where there is some trade in corn and in wine. There are in it 1300 houses and 6452 inhabitants. Long. 1. 55. E. Lat. 44. 40. N.