| Haute-Vienne | |
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| Coat of arms of the Haute-Vienne department | |
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| Administration | |
| 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. | |
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Haute-Vienne is a French department named after the Vienne River. It is one of three departments which together, constitute the French region of Limousin. The chief and largest city of the Haute-Vienne is Limoges. 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 neighboring departments are: Creuse, Corrèze, Dordogne, Charente, Vienne, Indre.
Arrondissements
The 3 arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department are:
- Arrondissement of Bellac, (subprefecture: Bellac) with 8 cantons and 63 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 42,687 in 1990, and was 40,120 in 1999, a decrease of 6.01%.
- Arrondissement of Limoges, (prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department: Limoges) with 28 cantons and 108 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 274,643 in 1990, and was 278,439 in 1999, an increase of 1.38%.
- Arrondissement of Rochechouart, (subprefecture: Rochechouart) with 6 cantons and 30 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 36,263 in 1990, and was 35,334 in 1999, a decrease of 2.56%.
Some Notable People
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, chemist and physicist.
- Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshall.
- Sadi Carnot, French president.
- Auguste Renoir, painter, impressionist.
- Agnes Clancier, authoress.
- Geoff Bunn, conceptual artist.
- Jean Blanzat, author and journalist.
- Laetitia Milot, actress and model.
- Paul Rebeyrolle, artist.
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
