Corrèze
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- For other uses, see Corrèze (disambiguation).
| Corrèze | |
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| The Corrèze coat of arms | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| Département number: | 19 |
| Région: | Limousin |
| Préfecture: | Tulle |
| Sub-Préfectures: | Brive-la-Gaillarde Ussel |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 37 |
| Communes: | 286 |
| Conseiller Général: | Jean-Pierre Dupont UMP |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 80th |
| -1999 | 232,576 |
| Population density: | 40/km² |
| Land area¹: | 5857 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Corrèze is a département in the center of France, named after the Corrèze River.
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[edit] History
Corrèze was one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It includes part of the former province of Limousin (the Bas-Limousin).
[edit] Geography
The département is part of the current region of Limousin. It is surrounded by the départements of Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme, Lot, and Dordogne.
[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants of the département are called Corréziens.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Corrèze département
- Communes of the Corrèze département
- Arrondissements of the Corrèze département
[edit] External links
- Prefecture website (in French)
- Conseil Général website (in French)
- http://www2.correze.net/EN/default.php
- http://www.correze.org/
- http://www.tourisme-correze.com/
- http://lacorreze.com
- History and Geography (Academy of Limoges, institutional website)
- Tourism : hiking and outdoor recreation
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