| Haute-Vienne | |||
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| Location of Haute-Vienne in France | |||
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| Country | France | ||
| Region | Limousin | ||
| Prefecture | Limoges | ||
| Subprefectures | Bellac Rochechouart |
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| Government | |||
| • President of the General Council | Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont (PS) | ||
| Area1 | |||
| • Total | 5,520 km2 (2,131.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 371,102 | ||
| • Rank | 62nd | ||
| • Density | 67.2/km2 (174.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Department number | 87 | ||
| Arrondissements | 3 | ||
| Cantons | 42 | ||
| Communes | 201 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |||
Haute-Vienne (French pronunciation: [ot vjɛn]) is a French department named after the Vienne River. It is one of three departments that together constitute the French region of Limousin.
The chief and largest city is Limoges. The other towns in the department each have fewer than 20,000 inhabitants.
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The source of the Charente River is in the department, in the commune of Chéonnac, near Rochechouart.
The neighboring departments are: Creuse, Corrèze, Dordogne, Charente, Vienne and Indre.
The three arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department are: