Corrèze
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For other uses, see Corrèze (disambiguation).
| Corrèze | |
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| Coat of Arms of Corrèze | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 19 |
| Region: | Limousin |
| Prefecture: | Tulle |
| Subprefectures: | Brive-la-Gaillarde Ussel |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 37 |
| Communes: | 286 |
| President of the General Council: | François Hollande PS |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 80th |
| -1999 | 232,576 |
| Population density: | 40/km2 |
| Land area¹: | 5857 km2 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |
Corrèze (Occitan: Corresa) is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River.
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[edit] History
Corrèze is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It includes part of the former province of Limousin (the Bas-Limousin).
[edit] Geography
The department is part of the current region of Limousin. It is surrounded by the department of Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme, Lot, and Dordogne. Tulle is the prefecture of Corrèze and Brive-la-Gaillarde the largest city.
[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens.
[edit] Politics
The President of the General Council is François Hollande of the Socialist Party.
| Party | seats | |
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| Union for a Popular Movement | 18 | |
| • | Socialist Party | 16 |
| • | French Communist Party | 2 |
| • | Miscellaneous Left | 1 |
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Corrèze department
- Communes of the Corrèze department
- Arrondissements of the Corrèze department
[edit] External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- lacorreze.com a lot of photos
