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Corrèze is a department in south central France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, named after the Corrèze River
Corrèze River

The Corr?ze is a 95 km long river in south-western France, left tributary of the river V?z?re. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central....
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Corrèze is a department in south central France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, named after the Corrèze River
Corrèze River

The Corr?ze is a 95 km long river in south-western France, left tributary of the river V?z?re. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central....
.

History


Corrèze is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
 on March 4, 1790. It includes part of the former province
Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the d?partement in France system superseded provinces....
 of Limousin
Limousin (province)

Limousin is a former province of France around the city of Limoges in central France. The province of Limousin lies in the foothills of the Massif Central, with cold weather in the winter....
 (the Bas-Limousin).

Geography


The department is part of the current region
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 of Limousin
Limousin (région)

Limousin is one of the 26 Regions of France of France. It is composed of three d?partements; Corr?ze , Creuse and the Haute-Vienne....
. It is surrounded by the department of Creuse
Creuse

Creuse is a departments of France in central France named after the Creuse River....
, Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne is a France departments of France named after the Vienne River. It is one of three departments which together, constitute the French Regions of France of Limousin ....
, Cantal
Cantal

Cantal is a departments of France in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department....
, Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme

Puy-de-D?me is a departments of France in the center of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-D?me ....
, Lot, and Dordogne
Dordogne

Dordogne is a departments of France in central France named after the Dordogne River....
. Tulle
Tulle

Tulle is a communes of France of France, capital of the Corr?ze Departments of France in the Limousin region in central France and the episcopal see of the eponymous Roman Catholic diocese, the Bishopric of Tulle....
 is the prefecture
Prefecture

Prefecture indicates the office, seat, territorial circumscription of a Prefect. The term prefecture is also used to refer to offices analogous to prefectures....
 of Corrèze and Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde

Brive-la-Gaillarde is a Communes of France of France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Corr?ze Departments of France. The population of the urban area was 89,260 as of 1999....
 the largest city.

Demographics


The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens.

See also

  • Cantons of the Corrèze department
  • Communes of the Corrèze department
  • Arrondissements of the Corrèze department


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