Corrèze

American

[kaw-rez] / kɔˈrɛz /

noun

a department in central France. 2,273 sq. mi. (5,885 sq. km). Tulle.

Corrèze British

/ kɔrɛz /

noun

a department of central France, in Limousin region. Capital: Tulle. Pop: 234 144 (2003 est). Area: 5888 sq km (2296 sq miles)

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"The bodies are definitely there somewhere. We are not going to stop now," said Xavier Kompa, head of the French Veterans' Affairs Office in the Corrèze department.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

Jacques Chirac, first Paris mayor and then president, made much of his links to the southwestern Corrèze region.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Marc Hirschi made it third time lucky as he claimed his maiden Tour de France stage victory in Sarran Corrèze.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2020

The newspaper Le Figaro reported that Mr. Senderens died at his home in Corrèze, in southwestern France.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2017

The altitude was considerable here, so that the view embraced a wide expanse of the Corrèze and the department of the Lot, which I was approaching.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

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