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Code: 87
Region: Limousin
Traditional provinces: Marche,
Limousin,
Poitou
Bordering departments: Charente,
Corrèze,
Creuse, Dordogne,
Indre, Vienne
Area: 5,520 km2
Population (1995): 355,500 inhabitants
Préfecture: Limoges
Sous-préfectures: Bellac, Rochechouart
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 42 cantons, 201 communes.
The department is named after the river Vienne (350 km), tributary of Loire.