an arrondissement of the department of the Isère, in France, 474 square miles in extent. It comprehends seven cantons, divided into eighty-five communes, and contains 75,400 inhabitants. The capital is a city of the same name, in a pleasant situation at the foot of a hill, two miles from the Isère. It is well built, and surrounded with pleasant walks formed out of the ancient fortifications. It contains 600 houses, and 3400 inhabitants, who carry on silk, cotton, and linen manufactories, and are celebrated for their liqueurs and for excellent wine. Long. 5. 8. 11. E. Lat. 45. 30. 31. N.