a town of France, capital of an arrondissement, in the department of Loiret-Cher, on the right bank of the Sauldre, an affluent of the Loire, 24 miles S.E. of Blois. It was once a very ill-built place, but has recently been much improved: the streets have been widened and straightened, and many new houses built. There are here an old castle, prison, courts of law, and a theatre. Cloth, leather, parchment, and other articles are made, and form the staple of an active trade. Romorantin was besieged in 1356; and cannons were used then, some say for the first time. Pop. (1856) 7863.