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Haute-Vienne — Department — 
Coat of armsLocation of Haute-Vienne in France
Coordinates: 45°50′N 1°16′E / 45.833°N 1.267°ECoordinates: 45°50′N 1°16′E / 45.833°N 1.267°E Country France Region Limousin Prefecture Limoges Subprefectures Bellac
RochechouartGovernment – 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 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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Geography
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.
Arrondissements
The three arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department are:
- Arrondissement of Bellac, (subprefecture: Bellac) with eight cantons and 63 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 42,687 in 1990 and 40,120 in 1999, a decrease of 6.01%.
- Arrondissement of Limoges, (prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department: Limoges) with 28 cantons and 108 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 274,643 in 1990 and 278,439 in 1999, an increase of 1.38%.
- Arrondissement of Rochechouart, (subprefecture: Rochechouart) with six cantons and 30 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 36,263 in 1990 and 35,334 in 1999, a decrease of 2.56%.
Notable people
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, chemist and physicist
- Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Marshal of France
- Sadi Carnot, French president
- Auguste Renoir, painter, impressionist
- Agnes Clancier, author
- Geoff Bunn, conceptual artist
- Jean Blanzat, author and journalist
- Paul Rebeyrolle, artist
- Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby, musicians
See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Vienne department
- Communes of the Haute-Vienne department
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
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