Haute-Vienne

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Haute-Vienne
Coat of Arms of Haute-Vienne
The Haute-Vienne coat of arms
Location
Location of Haute-Vienne in France
Administration
Département number: 87
Région: Limousin
Préfecture: Limoges
Sub-Préfectures: Bellac
Rochechouart
Arrondissements: 3
Cantons: 42
Communes: 201
Conseiller Général: Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont
PS
Statistics
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.
France

Haute-Vienne is a French département named after the Vienne River. It is one of three départements which together constitute the French région of Limousin.

The chief city of the Haute-Vienne is Limoges. In fact, Limoges is the only city of any size in the département with all other towns having a population of less than 20,000.

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The source of the Charente River is in the département, near Rochechouart.

The neighboring départements are: Creuse, Corrèze, Dordogne, Charente, Vienne, Indre.

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