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| Coat of arms of the Haute-Vienne department | |
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| Department number: | 87 |
| Region: | Limousin |
| Prefecture: | Limoges |
| Subprefectures: | Bellac Rochechouart |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 42 |
| Communes: | 201 |
| President of the General Council: | Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont PS |
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| 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. The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Limousin ( Occitan: Lemosin) is one of the 26 regions of France. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Limoges ( Lemòtges / Limòtges in the Limousin dialect of Occitan language) is a city and commune in France, the préfecture Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Bellac (Belac is a commune of the Haute-Vienne département, in France. Rochechouart ( Rechoard in Occitan, earlier La Ròcha Choard) is a commune of France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department are Arrondissement of Bellac, ( subprefecture: Bellac) with 8 cantons The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 42 cantons of the Haute-Vienne department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 201 communes of the Haute-Vienne département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont is President of the General Council of the French department of Haute-Vienne. The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Haute-Vienne is a French department named after the Vienne River. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The Vienne is one of the most important Rivers in south-western France, a significant left tributary of the lower Loire. It is one of three departments which together, constitute the French region of Limousin. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Limousin ( Occitan: Lemosin) is one of the 26 regions of France.
The chief and largest city of the Haute-Vienne is Limoges. Limoges ( Lemòtges / Limòtges in the Limousin dialect of Occitan language) is a city and commune in France, the préfecture All other towns in the department have less than 20,000 inhabitants.
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Geography
The source of the Charente River is in the department, near Rochechouart. The Charente is a River in western France, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.
The neighboring departments are: Creuse, Corrèze, Dordogne, Charente, Vienne, Indre. Creuse ( Occitan: Cruesa) is a department in central France named after the Creuse River. Corrèze ( Occitan: Corresa) is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River. Dordogne (Dordonha is a department in central France named after the Dordogne River. Charente ( Saintongeais: Chérente, Occitan: T'Charanto) is a department in western France named after the Charente This article is about the French department Do not confuse with the Austrian capital Vienna. Indre is a department in the center of France named after the Indre River.
Arrondissements
The three arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department are:
- Arrondissement of Bellac, (subprefecture: Bellac) with eight cantons and 63 communes. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The Arrondissement of Bellac is an arrondissement of France, located in the Haute-Vienne département, in the Limousin Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Bellac (Belac is a commune of the Haute-Vienne département, in France. The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The population of the arrondissement was 42,687 in 1990 and 40,120 in 1999, a decrease of 6. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 01%.
- Arrondissement of Limoges, (prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department: Limoges) with 28 cantons and 108 communes. The arrondissement of Limoges is an arrondissement of France located in the Haute-Vienne département, in the Limousin A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Limoges ( Lemòtges / Limòtges in the Limousin dialect of Occitan language) is a city and commune in France, the préfecture The population of the arrondissement was 274,643 in 1990 and 278,439 in 1999, an increase of 1. 38%.
- Arrondissement of Rochechouart, (subprefecture: Rochechouart) with six cantons and 30 communes. The arrondissement of Rochechouart is an arrondissement of France located in the Haute-Vienne département, in the Limousin Rochechouart ( Rechoard in Occitan, earlier La Ròcha Choard) is a commune of France. The population of the arrondissement was 36,263 in 1990 and 35,334 in 1999, a decrease of 2. 56%.
Some Notable People
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, chemist and physicist. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (also Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, December 6, 1778 – May 9, 1850) was a French chemist
- Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshall. Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan ( April 29, 1762 &ndash November 23, 1833) was a Marshal of France.
- Sadi Carnot, French president. Sadi Carnot may refer to Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832 French physicist Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837-1894 president
- Auguste Renoir, painter, impressionist. Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( February 25, 1841 &ndash December 3, 1919) was a French Artist who was a leading painter in
- Agnes Clancier, authoress. Agnes Clancier (born 1963 is a French Novelist. She was born near Limoges in France and has lived in Australia and Burkina Faso
- Geoff Bunn, conceptual artist.
- Jean Blanzat, author and journalist.
- Laetitia Milot, actress and model.
- Paul Rebeyrolle, artist. Paul Rebeyrolle (born November 3, 1926 in Eymoutiers died February 7, 2005 in Côte-d'Or) was a French painter
See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Vienne department
- Communes of the Haute-Vienne department
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
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