an arrondissement of the department of Vienne, in France, containing 460 square miles. It is divided into 5 cantons, and these again into 48 communes, the inhabitants of which amount to 45,675. Civray, which gives its name to the arrondissement, is situated on the right bank of the Charente, in a fertile district. It contains 328 houses, and 2100 inhabitants. In the neighbourhood there are considerable quarries of marble. Long. 0° 9', E.; Lat. 46° 10', N.