Haute-Vienne
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| Haute-Vienne | |
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| The Haute-Vienne coat of arms | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| Département number: | 87 |
| Région: | Limousin |
| Préfecture: | Limoges |
| Sub-Préfectures: | Bellac Rochechouart |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 42 |
| Communes: | 201 |
| Conseiller Général: | Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont PS |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 62nd |
| -1999 | 353,893 |
| Population density: | 64/km² |
| Land area¹: | 5520 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Haute-Vienne is a French département named after the Vienne River. It is one of three départements which together constitute the French région of Limousin.
The chief city of the Haute-Vienne is Limoges. In fact, Limoges is the only city of any size in the département with all other towns having a population of less than 20,000.
[edit] Geography
The source of the Charente River is in the département, near Rochechouart.
The neighboring départements are: Creuse, Corrèze, Dordogne, Charente, Vienne, Indre.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Vienne département
- Communes of the Haute-Vienne département
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne département
[edit] External links
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