Haute-Vienne

Local name: Nauta Vinhana

Located in New Aquitaine, France Coordinates: 45°53′00″ N 1°13′04″ E

Location in France

Population: 372,438; 372.4K
Elevation: 386 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 47; listed under Haute-Vienne

About Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne is a district. Location: New Aquitaine, France. Population: 372,438.

From Wikipedia

Haute-Vienne (French: [ot vjɛn]; Occitan: Nauta Vinhana or Nauta Viena), also translated as Upper Vienne, is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture and largest city in the department is Limoges, the other towns in the department each having fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants. Haute-Vienne had a population of 373,167 in 2023.

At a glance

Built: 1790
Area: 5,520 km²

Source: Wikidata

In comparison

5 sights and natural places within 10 km Artothèque régionale du Limousin (fermée), FRAC-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Listed here: Natural site: 19, River: 17, Lake: 6, Municipality: 3

Places in Haute-Vienne

47 places

Arrondissement of Limoges Municipality
296.8K
Arrondissement of Bellac Municipality
37.9K
Arrondissement of Rochechouart Municipality
37.7K
Ardour River
Bois de Bouéry Natural site
Bois de Crozat Natural site
Bois de Échelles Natural site
Bois de Morinet Natural site
Bois de Piaulet Natural site
Bois de Sainte-Anne Natural site
Brame River
Briance River
Colle River
Combade River
Couze River
Étang de Cieux Lake
Étang de Moustiers Lake
Étang de Murat Lake
Étang de Sagnat Lake
Étang des Planchettes Lake
Forêt d'Aixe Natural site
Forêt de Châteauneuf Natural site
Forêt de Fayat Natural site
Forêt de Lastours Natural site
Forêt de Magnac Natural site
Forêt de Magnac-Laval Natural site
Forêt de Rancon Natural site
Forêt de Rochechouart Natural site
Forêt des Bois du Roi Natural site
Forêt des Cars Natural site
Forêt des Coutumes Natural site
Forêt de Veyrac Natural site
Forêt du Defant Natural site
Glane River
Glayeule River
Grande Briance River
Grand Étang Lake
Ligoure River
Maulde River
Monts d'Ambazac Mountain
Monts de Blond Mountain
Nauzon River
Petite Briance River
Semme River
Taurion River
Vayres River
Vincou River

Nature and heritage in Haute-Vienne

Cathédrale Saint-Étienne Attraction, Limoges
Abbaye de Solignac Attraction, Solignac
Abbaye de Boeuil Historic site, Veyrac
Les Cars TV Mast Landmark, Les Cars
FRAC-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine Museum, Limoges
Artothèque régionale du Limousin (fermée) Museum, Limoges

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Oradour-sur-Glane Historic site, New Aquitaine
15 km W
Lac de Saint-Pardoux Lake, New Aquitaine
17 km N