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1,196,370 fquare acres, or 610,608 hec- 
tares; population 228,814 fouls ; it is di- | 
vided into five communal diftriéts. 
Department of the Aud2.—This depart- 
mént is one of the feven formed by Lan- 
guedoc, Comminge, &c. It is bounded 
on the north by the departments of He- 
rault, ‘Tarn, and upper Garonne ; on toe 
eaft, by the Mediterranean ; on the fouth, 
by the departments. of the Eaftern Pyre- 
nees and Arriege; and on the weft, by 
thofe of Arriege and Upper Garonne: its 
‘ fuperficies is about 1,275,503 fquare acres, 
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or 650,996 hectares ; population 219,101 
fouls; it is divided into four communal 
diftricts. 
Department of Aveyron.—This depart- 
ment is formed of the ci-devant Rou- 
ergue. It is bounded on the north by the 
department of Cantal; on the eaf, by 
thofe of Loyere and Gard; on the fouth, 
by thofe of Gard, Herault, and Tarn; and 
on the Welt, by thofe of Tarn and Lot. 
Its fupeificies is about 1,767,424 {quare 
acres, or 902,064. hectares; its popula- 
tion is about 332,090 individuals ; -1t is 
divided into five communal diftri&s. 
Department of the Mouths of the Rhone. 
—This department is ‘one of the three 
formed out of Provence. It is bounded on 
the north by the departments of Vauclufe 
and Gard ; on the eaft, by the fouth-wett 
extremity of the department of Lower 
Alps, and by that of Vary on the fouth, 
by the Mediterranean ; and on the weft, 
by the department of Gard: its fuperficies 
is about 1,179,425 fquare acres, -or 
601,950 heétares; its population. about 
305,454 individuals ; it is divided into 
three communal diftrits. 
Department of Calvados.—This is one 
of the five departments formed of Nor- 
mandy, and the north part of Perche. It 
is bounded on the north by the Channel ; 
on the eaft, by the department of Eure; 
on the fouth, by that of Orne, and part of 
the department of the “Channel, which 
alfo bounds it on the weft: its fuperficies. 
is about 1,117,643 fquare acres, or 
570,427 heétares; its. population about 
484,212 individuals ; itis divided into fix 
communal diftriats. 
Department of Cantal.—This depart- 
ment is one of the three formed out of 
Auvergne and le Vélay. It is bounded 
on the north by the departments of Upper 
Loire, Puy de Dome, and’ Corréze ; on the 
eaft, by thofe of Upper Loire and Lozére ; 
on the fouth, by thofe of Lozére, Avey- 
ron, and 
of Lot. and Corréze: its fuperficies is’ 
about 1,124,302 Iquare acres, or 574,088 
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t 3 and onthe weft, by thofe 
heétares ; its population is about 243,708 
individuals ; it is divided info four com- 
munsal diftriéts. 
Department of Charente.—This depart- 
ment is formed of Angoumois, and a part 
of Saintonge. It is bounded on the north, 
by the departments of Upper Vienne, and 
the two Sevres; on the eatt, by thofe of 
Upper Vienne and Dordogne ; on the 
foutn, by thefe of Dordogne and Lower 
Charente, which bounds it alfo on the 
weft: its fuperficies is about 1,153,684 
{quare acres, or hectares ; its population 
is about 319,427 individuals ; it is divid- 
ed into five communal diftricts. 
Department of Lower Charente.—This 
department is compofed of..Aunis, and a 
part of Saintonge. It is bounded on the 
north by the departments of La Vendée, 
and the two Sevres; on the eaft, by a part 
of that of the two Sevres, and by that of 
Charente; on the fouth, by the depart- 
ments of Dordogne and Gironde ; on the 
welt, by the ocean: its fuperficies is about 
1,4.04,460 {quare acres; or 716,814 hec- 
tares ; its population about 420,896 indi- 
viduals ; it is divided into fix communal 
diftriéts, . 
Department of Cher.—This department 
is one of thofe formed of Berry. - It is: 
bounded on the siorth by the departments 
of Nievre, Loiret, and Loir and Cher on 
the ea, by that of Nievre; on the fouth, 
by thofe of Creufe, Allier, and Indre and 
Cher: its furface is about 1,450,134 
fquare acres, or 740,125 he€tares; its po- 
pulation is about 219,459 individuals ; it 
is divided into three communal diftriéts. 
Department of Correze.—This depart- 
ment derives its name from a river which 
pafies by Tulle and Brives, and runs into 
the Vezere; it is one of the departments 
formed of the Upper and Lower Limofin. 
It is bounded on the north by the depart- 
ments of Puy de Dome, Creufe, and Up- 
per Vienne ; on the eait, by thofe of Puy 
de Dome and Cantal; on the fouth, by 
thofe of Cantal, Lot, and Dordoene; on 
the weit, by thote of Dordogne and Upper 
Vienne; its furface is about 1,165,235 
f{quare acres, or 594,714 heétares ; its po- 
pulation about 254.502 individuals ; it is 
divided into three communal diftriéts. 
Department of Cite d’Or.—This depart- 
ment derives its name from a ridge of 
{mall mountains, which extend from Di- 
jon, by Nuitz, Beaune, and Chalons, to 
Macon, &c. is fo named from the excel- 
Jent wines which it produces. ‘This de- 
partment is the fecond’ out of the: four - 
compoled of Burgundy, the Auxerrois, 
&c, It is bounded on the north by the de~ 
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