Tulle

French commune
nomcommune=Tulle
région=Limousin
département=Corrèze
canton=
insee=19272
cp=19000
maire=François Hollande
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Pays de Tulle
longitude=1.765537
latitude=45.267336
alt moy=212 m
alt mini=185 m
alt maxi=460 m
hectares=2,444
km²=24.44
sans=15,553
date-sans=1999
dens=636
date-dens=1999

Tulle (Occitan: "Tula") is a commune of France, capital of the Corrèze department in the Limousin region in central France and the episcopal see of the eponymous Roman Catholic diocese, the Bishopric of Tulle. It is the third-largest town in the Limousin region, after Limoges and Brive-la-Gaillarde.

History

During the Hundred Years' War Tulle was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando.

Massacre by the Waffen SS in 1944

During the Second World War, the 2nd SS Division Das Reich division of the Waffen SS perpetrated a of civilians in Tulle. On 9 June 1944 a large number of male civilians were rounded up by the SS. Of these, 97 were randomly selected and then hanged from lamposts and balconies in the town. Additionally, another 321 captives were sent to forced labour camps in Germany.

Twin towns

Tulle is twinned with:
* Schorndorf, Germany
* Errenteria, Spain
* Bury, United Kingdom
* Lousada, Portugal
* Smolensk, Russia

ee also

* Tulle Cathedral
* For the ecclesiastical history, Bishopric of Tulle.
* Tulle Murders

External links

* [http://www.ville-tulle.fr/ Official website] fr icon
* Pictures of Tulle Cathedral: [http://site.voila.fr/pointer/hopita27.jpg] , [http://www.limousin.culture.gouv.fr/images/prospermerimee/tulleabbatialeinterieur.jpg]
* [http://www.dasreich.ca/oradour.html The SS Massacre At Tulle in 1944]
* [http://www.geschichtsthemen.de/massaker_von_tulle_1944.htm German website re. Tulle massacre]
* Penaud, Guy - "La "Das Reich" 2e SS Panzer Division" (Parcours de la division en France - 560 pages), Editions de La Lauze/Périgueux - ISBN 2 - 912032-76-8