a town of France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Seine-et-Marne, on the small rivers Vouzé and Dartean, which unite here to flow into the Seine, 29 miles E. of Melun. This ancient but now decayed place lies between two hills, and consists of an old and a new town,—the former on the upper ground, the latter on the slopes beneath. Its ancient walls, which, with their flanking watch-towers, still exist, inclose, besides the buildings, a wide space of ground laid out in gardens and vineyards. The streets of the old town are for the most part narrow and irregular, its houses ill built and dilapidated; while the new town, on the other hand, contains regular streets and good houses. The most conspicuous object in the former is a large and solid medieval tower, called the Grosse Tour de César, serving as the belfry of the old and massive church of St Quiriac. The new town contains several interesting and curious churches, two hospitals, a market-house, college, school, and cavalry barracks. The rivers are employed to drive many flour-mills, and there are numerous dye-works along their banks. Earthenware, linsey-woolsey, and conserve of roses are also made here. The roses of Provins have for ages been celebrated for their rich crimson colour. They are said to have been brought from Palestine by the Crusaders in the thirteenth century, and are incorrectly called Provence roses. Some trade is carried on in these flowers, as well as in corn, flour &c. Pop. (1856) 6198.