French Comt, the capital of the Swiss canton of Grisons, situated in a valley traversed by the Plessur, an affluent of the Rhine, which it joins about one mile below the town. Pop. (1850) 6183. It is a walled town with narrow and crooked streets, but it possesses a considerable transit trade, being situated on the high road over the Splügen and Bernardin passes, by which the manufactures of St Gall, Glarus, and Zürich are transported to Italy. About one-third of its inhabitants are engaged in that traffic. It is the seat of a bishop, and has, besides a cathedral, 2 churches, 2 convents, an episcopal palace, town hall, and public library. Manufactures, zinc-plates and cutlery.