a city of France, head of a canton of the same name, in the circle of St Omer, and department of Pas de Calais. It is situated on the river Lys. The population amounts to 5088 persons, who are chiefly employed in making cotton and woollen goods, hardware, and large quantities of oil from seeds. Long. 2° 24' E. Lat. 50° 38' N.

a town of France, in the department of Landes, and circle of St Sever, on the river Adour. It was at one time the capital of the Visigoths, and has been since the fifth century the seat of a bishopric.

river of England in Yorkshire, one of the affluents of the Humber, from which it is navigable for a sloop of 100 tons as far up as Leeds, a distance of forty miles.