a city of France, in the department of the Lower Seine, and, next to Nantes, the largest of the department. It is situated on the sea-shore, on the declivity of a hill covered with vineyards, is surrounded with fortifications, and contains 7250 inhabitants, who carry on manufactures of linen and of cotton. Near to it are salt marshes, from which a supply of 15,000 tons of salt is annually made by natural evaporation. Long. 2. 31. 31. W. Lat. 47. 19. 39. N.