chief town of the arrondissement of the same name in France, department of Puy de Dôme. The town is situated on the river Dore, 35 miles south-east of Clermont, and is chiefly celebrated for its paper-works and cheese; besides which it manufactures ribands, lace, woollens, and pins. Population of town in 1851, 8044; of arrondissement, 90,048. The arrondissement is divided into eight cantons, and those into fifty-two communes, with an area of 477 square miles, or 305,280 acres.