arrondissement of the department of the Aude, in France, 762 square miles in extent. It comprehends eight cantons, divided into 151 communes, and is inhabited by 71,800 persons. The capital is a city of the same name, situated in a district abounding in good wine, on the river Aude. It contains 1050 houses, and 6200 inhabitants, who make some of the finer descriptions of cloths, and convert to various purposes most of the iron that is found within the department. Long. 2. 11. E. Lat. 43. 5. N.