Limousin (region)
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| Limousin | |
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| — Region o Fraunce — | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Limoges |
| Depairtments | |
| Govrenment | |
| - Preses | Jean-Paul Denanot (PS) |
| AurieINSEE | |
| - Tot | 16,942 km2 (6,541.3 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2007-01-01) | |
| - Tot | 727,000 |
| - Densitie | 42.9/km2 (111.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-L |
| GDP/ Nominal | € 17 billion (2006)[1] |
| GDP per capita | € 23,400 (2006)[1] |
| NUTS Region | FR6 |
| Wabsteid | cr-limousin.fr |
Limousin (French pronunciation: [limuzɛ̃]; Occitan: Lemosin) is ane o the 27 regions o France. It is composed o three départements: Corrèze, Creuse an the Haute-Vienne.
Situated lairgely in the Massif Central, as o Januar 1st 2008, the Limousin comprised 740,743 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 km2, makkin it the seicont least populatit region o Fraunce efter Corsica.
Formin pairt o the Sooth-Wast o Fraunce, Limousin is bordered bi the regions Centre tae the north, Poitou-Charentes an Aquitaine tae the wast, Midi-Pyrénées tae the sooth an Auvergne tae the east. Limousin an aw forms pairt o Occitania.
Footnotes [edit]
Freemit airtins [edit]
- (French) Limousin regional council website, wi a presentation video in Inglis.
- (French) Art in the Limousin region
- (French) History and Geography (University of Limoges)
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