St., an arrondissement of the department of Hérault, in France, extending over 488 square miles. It comprises five cantons, and is divided into forty-four communes, containing 40,160 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name, usually distinguished as Saint Pons de Thomiers. It is situated in a valley surrounded by lofty mountains, watered by the river St Jean, and contains 5340 inhabitants, who are occupied partly in cotton-spinning and tanning. Long. 2. 53. E. Lat. 43. 32. N.