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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 86 |
| Region: | Poitou-Charentes |
| Prefecture: | Poitiers |
| Subprefectures: | Châtellerault Montmorillon |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 38 |
| Communes: | 281 |
| President of the General Council: | Alain Fouché |
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| Population | Ranked 56th |
| -1999 | 399,024 |
| Population density: | 57/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6990 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, Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Poitiers is a town on the Clain River in west central France. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Châtellerault is a commune in the Vienne département, in the Poitou-Charentes région of France Montmorillon is a commune of the Vienne département, in France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Vienne department are Arrondissement of Châtellerault, ( subprefecture: Châtellerault The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 38 cantons of the 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 281 communes of the 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 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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- This article is about the French department. For the city, see Vienne, Isère. Vienne is a commune in east central France, located 20 miles south of Lyon, on the Rhône River.
Vienne is a département of France, named after the Vienne River. In the Terminology of Political geography and Historiography a National department (département departamento is an administrative This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Vienne is one of the most important Rivers in south-western France, a significant left tributary of the lower Loire.
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History
Vienne is one of the original 83 departments, established on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an It was created from parts of the former provinces of Poitou, Touraine, and Berry. The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Touraine may also refer to Alain Touraine, French sociologist Berry is a region located in the center of France It was a province of France until the provinces were replaced by départements ' on March 4,
Economy
Goat cheese making is an important industry of Vienne. Cheese is a Food made from Milk, usually the milk of cows, Buffalo, Goats or sheep, by coagulation.
Demographics
Sights
The Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, a UNESCO world heritage site, is located in the Vienne. The Romanesque Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, begun in the mid 11th century, contains many beautiful 11th- and 12th-century Murals A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex
See also
- Cantons of the Vienne department
- Communes of the Vienne department
- Council of Vienne (1311-1312)
- Arrondissements of the Vienne department
External links
- (French) General Council website
- (French) Vienne Tourism Office
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