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Code: 86
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Traditional province: Poitou
Bordering departments: Charente,
Indre,
Indre-et-Loire,
Maine-et-Loire,
Deux-Sèvres,
Haute-Vienne
Area: 6,990 km2
Population (1995): 390,400 inhabitants
Préfecture: Poitiers
Sous-préfecture: Châtellerault, Montmorillon
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 38 cantons, 281 communes.
The department is named after the river Vienne (350 km), tributary of Loire.