Sainte, a town of France, capital of an arrondissement of the same name, in the department of Marne, is situated between two rocks on the Aisne, 26 miles E.N.E. of Châlons. The town is well and regularly built, and contains two fine squares, and a town-hall with an elegant front. There is also a tribunal of primary instance and a college; and the town has several fine promenades. The manufactures consist of hosiery, leather, &c.; and in the neighbourhood are several iron, glass, and china works. There is a considerable trade in wine, corn, wood, &c. The town is ancient. It was formerly fortified, and has been besieged and taken several times:—taken in 1436 by the English, and retaken by the Constable Richemont; besieged in vain by the Protestants in 1562, and by Charles II. of Lorraine in 1592; taken in 1652 by the Spaniards, and recovered in the next year by Louis XIV. Pop. (1851) 4137.