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498 Défeription of all the Departments of the French Republic. [Jan. 3, 
on the fouth, by thofe of Ardeche and of 
Lozere; and on the weii, by that of Can- 
tal. Jts fuperficies is about 985,246 
‘ fquare acres, or 502,354. hectares; its 
population is about 259,143 individuals. 
¥t is divided into three communal dif- 
tricts. 
Department of Lower Loire.—This_is 
one of the five departments formed of 
Brittany. It is bounded on the north by 
the department of [lle and Vilaine, Land 
part of that of Mayenne; on the eaft, by 
the department of Mayenne and Loire ; 
en the fouth, by the department of Vendée, 
and on the welt, by the ocean. 
perficies is about 1,383,831 f{quare acres, 
or 706,285 hectares; its population: is 
about 451,366 individuals. Itis divided 
nto five communal diftrifts. 
Department of Loiret.—This depart- 
ment is one of thofe formed of Orleanois, 
Gatinois, &c. It is bounded on the north 
by the departments of Seine and Marne, 
of Seine and Oife, and of Eure and Loire; 
on the eaft, by that of Yonne; on the 
fouth, by thofe of Nievre, of Cher, and 
ef Loir and Cher; and on the welt, by 
this laft, amd that of Eureand Loir. Its 
fuperficies is about 1,322,909 {quare 
acrés, or 675,191 hectares; its popula- 
tion is about 290,031 individuals. It 
is divided into four communal diftriés. 
Department of Lot.—This department 
is formed of the ci-devant Quercy. It 
3s bounded on the north by the depart- 
ment of Correze; or the éaft, by the de- 
partments of Cantal and of Aveyron; on 
the fouth, by thefe of Tarn and of Upper 
Garonne; and on the welt, by thofe. of 
Lot and Garonne, and of Dordogne. Its 
fuperficies is about 1,400,160 fquare 
acres, or 714,619. heékares; its popula- 
tion about 387,019 individuals. It is 
divided into four communal diftridts. 
Department of Lot and Garoune.—This 
department is one of the fout formed of 
Guienne, Agenois, It is bounded 
‘on the north by the departments of Dor- 
dogne and of Gironde; on the eaft, by 
that cf Lot; on the fouth, by thofe of 
Upper Garonne, and gf Gers, and of 
Landes ; and on the wef, by this Iaft, 
and that of Gironde. Its fuperficies is 
ahout 1,116,221 {quare acres, or 569,703 
_ he&tares 5 its ‘population: about 339,321 
‘individuals. It is divided inte four com- 
munal diftrifs. ie 
Department of Loxere.—This depart- 
ment derives its name from a mountain 
ef the Cevennes, between Mendes and 
Bicz 3 it is one of the feven formed of 
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Languedoc, Gevaudan, &c. It is bounded 
on the north by. the departments of Upper 
Loire and of Cantal ; on the eaft, by thofe 
of Ardeche and of Gard; on the fouth, 
by thofé of Gard and-of Aveyron ; which 
lat bounds it, alfo, on the weft. Its 
fuperficies is about 997,661 fquare acres, 
or 509,543 hectares ; its population about 
132,502 individuals. It is divided into 
three communa: Aiftri€ts, 
Departuent ~oF tbe Lys —This depart- . 
ment is one of the nine formed of part of 
Hainault and of Auftrian Flanders, of 
Brabant, the county of Liege, the duchy 
of Luxembourg, &c. It is bounded on 
the north by the German Ocean and the 
devartment of the Scheld, which bounds 
it, alfo, on the eaft; on the fouth, by the 
departments of Jemappe; and from the 
German’ Ocean. 
718,892 f{quare acres, or 366,913 hec- 
tares ; its population is about 459,142 in- 
dividuals. It is divided into four com- 
munal diftriéts. 
Department of the Channel.—'This is one 
of the five departments formed of Nor« 
randy, and the north part of Perche. 
It is bounded on the north by the Chan- 
nel; on the eaft, by the Channel and the 
department of Calvados; on the fouth, 
by thofe of Mayenne, and of Ille and Vi- 
laine; and. on the weft, by the ocean. 
Its fuperfictes is about 1,323,932 {quare 
acres, or 675,713 hectares; its- popula- | 
tion is about 538,000 individuals. Iris 
divided into five communal diftriéts. 
Department of Marne.—This depart- 
ment is one of the four formed of Cham- 
pagne. 
the departments of the Ardennes and of 
the Aifne; on the eaft, by thofe of the 
-Meute and of Upper Marne; on the 
fouth, by thofe of Upper Marne, of Aube, 
and of Seine and Marne; and on the weft, 
by thole of Scine and Marne, and of 
Aifne. Its fuperficies is about 1,607,169 
fquare acres, or 320,273 hectares; its 
population about 291,484 individuals. 
It is divided into five communal’ dif- 
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Department of Upper Marne.—This 
department is one of the four formed of © 
Champagne, Charleville, Sedan, &c. It 
is bounded on the north by the depart- 
ments of the Meufe and of Marne; onthe 
eaft, by thofe of the Vofges, and of Upper 
Saone, and of Coté d’Or; on the welt, by — 
thofe of Coté d’Or and of Aube. Its 
fuperficies is about 1,240,580 fquare 
acres, Or 633,172 heétares; its popula- 
_ tion. 
‘North to the weit, by this laf, and the - | 
Its fuperficies is about — 
It is bounded on the north by ~ 
