Limousin (region)
Limousin | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Limoges |
| Departments | |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses | Jean-Paul Denanot (PS) |
| Area INSEE | |
| • Total | 16942 km2 (6,541 sq mi) |
| Population (2007-01-01) | |
| • Total | 727,000 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-L |
| GDP (2006)[1] | Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}} |
| Tot | €17 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn) |
| Per capita | €23,400 (US${{{GDP_per_capita_US$}}}) |
| NUTS Region | FR6 |
| Website | 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- (in French) Limousin regional council website, wi a presentation video in Inglis.
- (in French) Art in the Limousin region
- (in French) History and Geography (University of Limoges)