Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne (French pronunciation: [ot vjɛn]; Occitan: Nauta Vinhana, Nauta Viena; 'Upper Vienne') is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture and largest city in the department is Limoges, the other towns in the department each having fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants. Haute-Vienne had a population of 372,359 in 2019.
Haute-Vienne
(Occitan): Nauta Vinhana | |
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Prefecture building in Limoges | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Haute-Vienne in France | |
| Coordinates: 45°50′N 1°16′E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Prefecture | Limoges |
| Subprefectures | Bellac Rochechouart |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Jean-Claude Leblois (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,520 km2 (2,130 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 371,691 |
| • Rank | 65th |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 87 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 21 |
| Communes | 195 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
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