an arrondissement of France, in the department of the Loire and Cher. It is 655½ square miles in extent, comprehends eight cantons divided into 110 communes, and in 1836 contained 77,760 inhabitants. The capital, a city of the same name, stands on two islands in the river Loire. In 1836 it contained 8206 inhabitants, employed in making gloves, hosiery, cotton goods, paper, and the several kinds of leather. Lat. 47. 47. 19. Long. 1. 1. 38. E.