a town of France, capital of an arrondissement of the same name in the department of Seine-et-Marne, is situated on the Marne, 25 miles E.N.E. of Paris. It is well built, though not very regularly laid out; and contains a fine cathedral, built in the eleventh century, and dedicated to St Etienne, but which is in an imperfect state, having only one complete tower in the front. Besides this, the principal buildings are,—the episcopal palace, a library with 13,000 volumes, a college, town-hall, and theatre. The chief articles of manufacture are,—cotton, earthenware, glue, flour, leather, and saltpetre; and the trade is considerable in grain and cheese. Meaux is an ancient city, occupying the site of Latium, the capital of the Medici, from whom the city derives its modern name. It is, however, chiefly notable as the see of the celebrated Bossuet, who became bishop in 1681, and continued in that office till his death in 1704. His remains are deposited in the cathedral, where there is also a monument of white marble erected to his memory. When his tomb was opened in 1854, the body of the illustrious prelate was found in a very good state of preservation. Pop. (1851) 8356.