an arrondissement of the department of the Hérault, in France, 522 square miles in extent. It comprehends five cantons, divided into seventy-five communes, containing 51,500 inhabitants. The chief place is the city of the same name, situated between two lofty mountains, at the foot of the Cévennes, on the river Ergue. It contains 840 houses, and 850 inhabitants. It is an ill-built but an industrious place, yielding, besides much wine, woollens, silks, and hats, olive oil, and brandy. Long. 3. 15. E. Lat. 43. 47. N.

Lodgement, in military affairs, a work made by the besiegers in some part of a fortification, after the besieged have been driven out, in order to maintain it, and cover themselves from the enemy's fire.