What you need to know about the Haute-Vienne department
We invite you to discover here a landlocked department in the center of the country; it is actually a department belonging to the Nouvelle Aquitaine region. The fact is that this department is the 87th department of France and is called Haute-Vienne, a name taken from the homonymous river that crosses it from east to west.
Moreover, this department is located halfway between Paris and Toulouse, that is, halfway between the North and the South. Furthermore, the capital, which is also the prefecture and at the same time the largest city of the 87, is called Limoges; its sub-prefectures are Bellac and Rochechouart.
Regarding the demographics of department 87, the Hauts-Viennois number approximately 372,359 inhabitants and its density is 67 inhabitants per km2, because the area of the department is 5,520 km2. When we now talk about the administrative subdivisions of the department, the arrondissements of the 87 are three in number, the legislative constituencies are three in number. Then, there are 21 cantons, 13 intercommunalities, and 195 communes.
What are the neighboring departments of the Haute-Vienne department?
As we predicted earlier, the Haute-Vienne department is an integral part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It was formerly a territory occupied by La Marche and Limousin, both former departments. So, the neighboring departments of the 87 are:
The Creuse department, which borders it to the east, the Corrèze department, which borders it to the southeast, the Dordogne department, which borders it to the southwest, the Charente department, which borders it to the west, the Vienne department, which borders it to the northwest, and finally, the Indre department, which borders it to the north.
What is the climate like in the Haute-Vienne department?
When we talk about the climate type of Haute-Vienne, it is an oceanic type of climate. This oceanic climate is moreover an Aquitaine climate, a bit less developed. The fact is that the climate is strongly influenced by the department’s proximity to the Massif Central and the fact that the altitude in the department is already present.
During winter periods, there is a lot of snow on the high reliefs. During summer periods, on the other hand, there is a lot of heat and also a lot of humidity, and in autumn periods, the temperatures are pleasant and you see sunshine, especially between the months of September and October, which are rarely cold.
What are the most important cities in the Haute-Vienne department?
These cities that we present to you are the cities with the largest number of inhabitants in department 87, that is, Haute-Vienne:
- Limoges
- Saint-Junien
- Panazol
- Couzeix
- Isle
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
- Feytiat
- Le Palais-sur-Vienne
- Aixe-sur-Vienne
- Ambazac
What are the largest municipalities in the Haute-Vienne department?
To establish this ranking, we referred to the area of the municipalities in the Haute-Vienne department, so here are the 10 largest municipalities of the 87:
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
- Limoges
- Magnac-Laval
- Eymoutiers
- Châteauponsac
- Coussac-Bonneval
- Blond
- Ambazac
- Saint-Junien
- Azat-le-Ris
