an arrondissement of the department of the Tarn and the Garonne, in France, 632 square miles in extent. It comprehends eleven cantons, which are divided into eighty-three communes, and contain 105,600 inhabitants. The chief city, of the same name, and the seat of a bishop, stands on both sides of the river Tarn, which is navigable, and receives the water of another river near it. It is a well-built city, surrounded with walls and ditches, and is the seat of a Protestant university, which Montebellaria, an arrondissement of the department of the Doubs, in France. It extends over 490 square miles, is divided into seven cantons, and subdivided into 148 communes, containing 48,500 inhabitants. The capital is a city of the same name, situated on the river Leine. It contains 700 houses, with 3750 inhabitants, who are employed, some in making hosiery, and some as watchmakers.

Long. 6° 55'. E. Lat. 47° 58'. N.