Arrondissement \Ar`ron`disse`ment"\, n. [F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.] A subdivision of a department. [France]
Note: The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
If you have 15 million French francs, or about $2.5 million, you can buy his huge Paris apartment at 7 Rue Francois 1er, a block from Christian Dior's showroom in the posh eighth arrondissement.