a city in the above arrondissement, the capital of the Albigeois. It is built on the river Tarn, 35 miles N.E. of Toulouse. The cathedral is dedicated to St Cecilia, and has one of the finest choirs in the kingdom. Here is a very valuable silver shrine, of exquisite mosaic work: it contains the relics of St Clair, the first bishop of the city. The chapel of that saint is magnificent, and adorned with paintings. La Lice is a fine promenade without the city, distinguished by a terrace above a deep mall, which serves instead of a fosse, and bordered with two rows of very fine trees. At one end is the convent of the Dominicans. The archbishop's palace is a very beautiful edifice. The river washes its walls, and serves both for ornament and defence. Pop. in 1846, 12,452. Long. 2. 9. E. Lat. 43. 56. N.

ALBIGEOIS, L', an ancient territory of France, in Upper Languedoc, about twenty-seven miles in length, and twenty in breadth, abounding in sheep, corn, wood, grapes, saffron, and plums. There is a considerable trade in dried prunes, grapes, a coarse sort of cloth, and wine of Gaillac. These wines are the only sort in this district that are fit for exportation: they are carried down to Bordeaux, and generally sold to the British. There are likewise several coal-mines.