Haute-Vienne (Department, France)

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• Administrative data

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Haute-Vienne (Department, France): Yacht clubs and rowing clubs

Administrative data

Code: 87
Region: Limousin
Traditional provinces: Marche, Limousin, Poitou
Bordering departments: Charente, Corrèze, Creuse, Dordogne, Indre, Vienne

Area: 5,520 km²
Population (1995): 355,500 inhabitants

Préfecture: Limoges
Sous-préfectures: Bellac, Rochechouart
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 42 cantons, 201 communes.

The department is named after the river Vienne (350 km), tributary of Loire.