Haute-Vienne
Department of France in Nouvelle-Aquitaine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[3]
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Haute-Vienne
(Occitan): Nauta Vinhana | |
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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[1] (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,520 km2 (2,130 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• 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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