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

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Upon it, at a distance of some fifteen miles from the high-road, stands Montegnac, at the foot of a hill, as its name designates, the chief town of a canton or district in the Haute-Vienne.

From The Village Rector by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various