a town of France in the department of Aude, pleasantly situated on a branch of the Aude, in a plain surrounded by small hills, about 8 miles from the sea, and 33 E. of Carcassonne. It is surrounded by walls, and entered by four gates. The streets are narrow, crooked, and dirty, and the houses ill built. There are several public walks in the town, the principal being L'Allée des Soupirs, which has a very fine appearance. The cathedral of St. Just is the principal building in the town; it is a fine Gothic edifice of the thirteenth century, and is remarkable for the height of its roof, which exceeds 130 feet. The high altar and many of the monuments are of marble; but all the statues have been mutilated by the republicans during the revolution. The choir is the only part of this church which has been finished. The church of St Paul, which was also built in the thirteenth century, is in the Romanesque style. The archbishop's palace is a castellated building with an ancient square tower attached to it. Narbonne contains three hospitals, barracks, a theatre, public library, &c.; and has manufactures of verdigris, leather, linen, and bonnets, besides potteries, brickworks, dyeworks, and distilleries. The honey of the vicinity is highly esteemed; and this, as well as corn, wine, oil, brandy, wax, saltpetre, &c., form the principal articles of commerce. The modern town of Narbonne occupies the site of the ancient Narbo Martius, a Roman colony founded in 118 B.C. None of the ancient buildings now remain, though the sites of some may still be traced. The old materials were largely used in the construction of the walls by Louis XII. and Francis I.; but many sculptures, inscriptions, &c., have been collected in a museum, which is one of the richest in collections of the sort in France. After the first colonization of Narbo, many of the soldiers of Caesar's Tenth Legion were settled here, from whom the town derived the name of Decumanorum Colonia. It was taken by the Visigoths in 462, by the Burgundians in 508, by the Franks in 531, and by the Moors in 779. Charles Martel defeated the Moors under its walls, but the town held out until it was taken by Pepin in 759. In the middle ages it was one of the most important commercial towns in this part of France; but afterwards it fell into obscurity, and is now chiefly distinguished for its manufacturing industry. Narbonne was the birth-place of the Latin poet Varro Atacinus, and of the Emperor Aurelius Carus. A court of first instance and one of commerce is held here. Pop. (1856) 12,742.