Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne
—  Department  —
Prefecture building of the Haute-Vienne department, in Limoges
Coat of arms
Location of Haute-Vienne in France
Coordinates: 45°50′N 1°16′E / 45.833°N 1.267°E / 45.833; 1.267Coordinates: 45°50′N 1°16′E / 45.833°N 1.267°E / 45.833; 1.267
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Prefecture	Limoges
Subprefectures	Bellac Rochechouart
Government
• President of the General Council	Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont (PS)
Area1
• Total	5,520 km2 (2,130 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	371,102
• Rank	62nd
• Density	Bad rounding here67/km2 (Bad rounding here170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Department number	87
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	42
Communes	201
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Haute-Vienne (French pronunciation: ​[ot vjɛn]) is a French department named after the Vienne River. It is one of three departments that together constitute the French region of Limousin.

The chief and largest city is Limoges. The other towns in the department each have fewer than 20,000 inhabitants.

Geography [edit]

The source of the Charente River is in the department, in the commune of Chéonnac, near Rochechouart.

The neighboring departments are: Creuse, Corrèze, Dordogne, Charente, Vienne and Indre.

Arrondissements [edit]

The three arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department are:

1. Arrondissement of Bellac, (subprefecture: Bellac) with eight cantons and 63 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 42,687 in 1990 and 40,120 in 1999, a decrease of 6.01%.
2. Arrondissement of Limoges, (prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department: Limoges) with 28 cantons and 108 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 274,643 in 1990 and 278,439 in 1999, an increase of 1.38%.
3. Arrondissement of Rochechouart, (subprefecture: Rochechouart) with six cantons and 30 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 36,263 in 1990 and 35,334 in 1999, a decrease of 2.56%.

Tourism [edit]

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  Château de Montbrun

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  Ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane

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  Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

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  Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire

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  Mortemart

Notable people [edit]

• Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, chemist and physicist
• Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Marshal of France
• Sadi Carnot, French president
• Auguste Renoir, painter, impressionist
• Agnes Clancier, author
• Geoff Bunn, conceptual artist
• Jean Blanzat, author and journalist
• Paul Rebeyrolle, artist
• Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby, musicians

See also [edit]

• Cantons of the Haute-Vienne department
• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department
• Arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department

External links [edit]

• (French) Prefecture website
• (French) General Council website