an arrondissement of the department of the Eastern Pyrenees, in France, extending over 557 square miles. It comprehends seven cantons, divided into eighty-five communes, and containing 57,890 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name, the see of a bishop, and the seat of the departmental courts of law and boards of government. It stands on the left bank of the river Tet, about ten miles from the Mediterranean Sea. As a frontier place towards Spain, it is strongly fortified, and defended by a citadel. The cathedral is a fine building, but the city generally is not clean or elegant. It contains 2000 houses and 13,200 inhabitants. It has some trade in leather, woollen cloth, wine, corn, and cattle, and considerable contraband intercourse with Spain. Long. 2. 48. 30. E. Lat. 42. 41. 59. N.