Limousin (region)
Appearance
Limousin | |
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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)