Haute-Vienne department
Haute-Vienne | |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
prefecture | Limoges |
Sub-prefecture (s) |
Bellac Rochechouart |
Residents | 374,426 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 68 inhabitants per km² |
surface | 5,519 km² |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Community associations | 13 |
Cantons | 21st |
Communities | 195 |
President of the Department Council |
Jean-Claude Leblois |
ISO-3166-2 code | FR-87 |
Location of the Haute-Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
The Haute-Vienne department [ otvjɛn ] is the French department with the atomic number 87. It is in the center of the country in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine and is named after the river Vienne named.
geography
The Haute-Vienne department is bordered to the north by the departments of Vienne and Indre , on the east by the Creuse , in the southeast on the Correze , in the southwest on the Dordogne and in the west to the Charente .
The department is located in the northwestern foothills of the Massif Central , the southeast protrudes into the Plateau de Millevaches . The most important river is the eponymous Vienne , which rises in the Plateau de Millevaches, reaches the department from the southeast, then turns west, flows through the centrally located capital Limoges and leaves the department in the second largest city of Saint-Junien . The Gartempe runs through the north of the department . The southwest is part of the Périgord-Limousin Regional Natural Park .
The Dolmen du Bois de la Lieue is located in a forest west of Ambazac near Limoges .
history
It was formed on March 4, 1790 from part of the Limousin Province and part of the Marche Province . It also belonged to the Limousin region from 1960 to 2015 , which became part of the Nouvelle Aquitaine region in 2016 .
Cities
The most populous municipalities in the Haute-Vienne department are:
city | Population (2017) |
Arrondissement |
---|---|---|
Limoges | 132.175 | Limoges |
Saint-Junien | 11.202 | Rochechouart |
Panazol | 10,972 | Limoges |
Couzeix | 9,268 | Limoges |
Isle | 7,696 | Limoges |
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche | 6,766 | Limoges |
Feytiat | 6.123 | Limoges |
Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 6,042 | Limoges |
Aixe-sur-Vienne | 5,836 | Limoges |
Ambazac | 5,667 | Limoges |
Administrative division
The Haute-Vienne department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 21 cantons and 195 communes :
Arrondissement | Cantons | Communities | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bellac | 3 | 57 | 38,870 | 1,778.91 | 22nd | 871 |
Limoges | 17th | 108 | 297,741 | 2,944.66 | 101 | 872 |
Rochechouart | 2 | 30th | 37,815 | 795.43 | 48 | 873 |
Haute-Vienne department | 21st | 195 | 374.426 | 5,519.00 | 68 | 87 |
See also:
- List of communes in the Haute-Vienne department
- List of cantons in the Haute-Vienne department
- List of associations of municipalities in the Haute-Vienne department
partnership
As early as 1981, the département concluded a regional partnership with the district of Middle Franconia in Germany .
Web links
- Haute-Vienne (French)
- Prefecture of the Haute-Vienne (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ haute-vienne.fr ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 6, 2015.
Coordinates: 45 ° 52 ′ N , 1 ° 16 ′ E