Haute-Vienne

American  

[oht-vyen] / oʊtˈvyɛn /

noun

1. a department in central France. 2,145 sq. mi. (5,555 sq. km). Limoges.

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Haute-Vienne British  

/ otvjɛn /

noun

1. a department of W central France, in Limousin region. Capital: Limoges. Pop: 353 788 (2003 est). Area: 5555 sq km (2166 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The family won a small victory last July when it used the courts to force a historical museum — the Centre de la mémoire d’Oradour-sur-Glane in the Haute-Vienne region — to remove a photograph of Mr. Renault with Hitler at the Berlin Auto Show in the late 1930s from display.

From New York Times

It lies on the north-western border of the central plateau and is bounded N. by the departments of Indre and Cher, E. by Allier and Puy-de-D�me, S. by Corr�ze and W. by Haute-Vienne.

From Project Gutenberg

With Haute-Vienne, Creuse forms the diocese of Limoges, where also is its court of appeal.

From Project Gutenberg

CORR�ZE, a department of south-central France, formed from the southern portion of the old province of Limousin, bounded N. by the departments of Haute-Vienne and Creuse, E, by Puy-de-D�me, S.E. by Cantal, S. by Lot, and W. by Dordogne.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a Representative of the Haute-Vienne.

From Project Gutenberg