an arrondissement of the department of the Indre in France, extending over 466 square miles, divided into four cantons, and those into fifty-three communes, and containing 39,887 inhabitants. The capital from which it takes the name, is a city which is situated on the river Thaëls, a second-rate stream. It is surrounded with ditches and walls, defended by towers, and contains 2050 houses, with 10,710 inhabitants. A great quantity of leather is cured in it, and there are many hats and stockings made. Lat. 46° 56' 53"; Long. 1° 54' 5" E.