an arrondissement of the department of the Eure and Loire, in France. It extends over 402 square miles, is divided into four cantons and sixty-five communes, and contains 42,500 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name, situated on the river Huine, which here unites with the Arcisse, and both form a remarkable cascade. It is a well-built place, in a fruitful district, and contains 1250 houses, with 6850 inhabitants, who are employed in weaving linens and serges. Long. 0. 37. E. Lat. 48. 20. N.