Limoges
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Coordinates: 45°50′07″N 1°15′45″E / 45.8353°N 1.2625°E
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Commune o Limoges |
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| Location | |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Limousin |
| Depairtment | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Limoges |
| Canton | Chief toun o 16 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Limoges Métropole |
| Mayor | Alain Rodet (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Population2 | 139,026 (2006) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87085/ 87000 |
| Wabsteid | http://www.ville-limoges.fr/ |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an military personnel) anerlie coontit ance. | |
Limoges (Lemòtges / Limòtges in the Limousin dialect o Occitan) is a ceety an commune, the caipital o the Haute-Vienne depairtment an the admeenistrative caipital o the Limousin région in wast-central Fraunce.
Limoges is kent for its medieval enamels (Limoges enamels) on copper, for its 19t century porcelain (Limoges porcelain) an for its oak barrels (Limousin oak), which are uised for Cognac production.
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