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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns_-_sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns_-_sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Twin towns - sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns_-_sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AC" title="ليموج – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ليموج" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoches" title="Limoches – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Limoches" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limojo" title="Limojo – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Limojo" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoj" title="Limoj – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Limoj" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%DA%98" title="لیموژ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لیموژ" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6" title="Лімож – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Лімож" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6" title="Лімож – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Лімож" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6" title="Лимож – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лимож" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemojez" title="Lemojez – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Lemojez" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llemotges" title="Llemotges – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llemotges" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6" title="Лимож – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Лимож" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%8C%CE%B6" title="Λιμόζ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λιμόζ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limo%C4%9Do" title="Limoĝo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Limoĝo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%DA%98" title="لیموژ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیموژ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EB%AA%A8%EC%A3%BC" title="리모주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리모주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%B8%D5%AA" title="Լիմոժ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լիմոժ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C" title="लिमोज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लिमोज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6" title="Лимож – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Лимож" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%27" title="לימוז' – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לימוז'" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9F%E1%83%98" title="ლიმოჟი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლიმოჟი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6" title="Лимож – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Лимож" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustoritum" title="Augustoritum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Augustoritum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limo%C5%BEa" title="Limoža – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Limoža" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limo%C5%BEas" title="Limožas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Limožas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu 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href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%DA%98" title="لیموژ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="لیموژ" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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title="Лимож – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лимож" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Limoges" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges" title="Limoges – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Limoges" 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class="od notheme" style="top:31.697%;left:67.151%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Limoges"><img alt="Limoges" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Limoges</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style 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1.2625</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nouvelle-Aquitaine" title="Nouvelle-Aquitaine">Nouvelle-Aquitaine</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">Department</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haute-Vienne" title="Haute-Vienne">Haute-Vienne</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Limoges" title="Arrondissement of Limoges">Limoges</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_France" title="Cantons of France">Canton</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-1" title="Canton of Limoges-1">Limoges-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-2" title="Canton of Limoges-2">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-3" title="Canton of Limoges-3">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-4" title="Canton of Limoges-4">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-5" title="Canton of Limoges-5">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-6" title="Canton of Limoges-6">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-7" title="Canton of Limoges-7">7</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-8" title="Canton of Limoges-8">8</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Limoges-9" title="Canton of Limoges-9">9</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France#Intercommunality" title="Communes of France">Intercommunality</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Communaut%C3%A9_urbaine_Limoges_M%C3%A9tropole" class="mw-redirect" title="Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole">CU Limoges Métropole</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2020–2026) </span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emile-Roger_Lombertie" title="Emile-Roger Lombertie">Emile-Roger Lombertie</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup><b>1</b></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">77.45 km<sup>2</sup> (29.90 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">270.9 km<sup>2</sup> (104.6 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,407 km<sup>2</sup> (1,315 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-popleg2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popleg2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">129,760</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,700/km<sup>2</sup> (4,300/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (2018<sup id="cite_ref-compar_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">186,799</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">690/km<sup>2</sup> (1,800/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (2018<sup id="cite_ref-compar_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">323,789</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro density</th><td class="infobox-data">95/km<sup>2</sup> (250/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/INSEE_code" title="INSEE code">INSEE</a>/Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=COM-87085">87085</a> /87000</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">209–431 m (686–1,414 ft) <br />(avg. 294 m or 965 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ville-limoges.fr/">www.ville-limoges.fr</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><sup><b>1</b></sup> French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km<sup>2</sup> (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Limoges</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/ʒ/: 's' in 'pleasure'">ʒ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">lih-<span style="font-size:90%">MOHZH</span></i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Collins_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collins-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a> also </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span></span>-/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">lee-</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Collins_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collins-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[limɔʒ]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/0\/08\/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-Limoges.wav\/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-Limoges.wav.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"LL-Q150 (fra)-Beno\u00eet Prieur-Limoges.wav"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-Limoges.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-Limoges.wav.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-Limoges.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Limoges.wav">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-Collins_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collins-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Occitan_language" title="Occitan language">Occitan</a>: <i lang="oc">Lemòtges</i>, locally <span title="Occitan (post 1500)-language text"><i lang="oc">Limòtges</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="oc-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Occitan" title="Help:IPA/Occitan">[liˈmɔdzes]</a></span>) is a city and <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">commune</a>, and the prefecture of the <a href="/wiki/Haute-Vienne" title="Haute-Vienne">Haute-Vienne</a> <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">department</a> in west-central <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the administrative capital of the former <a href="/wiki/Limousin" title="Limousin">Limousin</a> region. Situated on the first western foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Massif_Central" title="Massif Central">Massif Central</a>, Limoges is crossed by the river <a href="/wiki/Vienne_(river)" title="Vienne (river)">Vienne</a>, of which it was originally the first ford crossing point. </p><p>The second most populated town in the <a href="/wiki/Nouvelle-Aquitaine" title="Nouvelle-Aquitaine">New Aquitaine</a> region after <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a>, a <a href="/wiki/University_of_Limoges" title="University of Limoges">university town</a>, an administrative centre and intermediate services with all the facilities of a regional metropolis, it has an urban area of 323,789 inhabitants in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-compar_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inhabitants of the city are called the Limougeauds. </p><p>Founded around 10 BC under the name of Augustoritum, it became an important <a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman_culture" title="Gallo-Roman culture">Gallo-Roman</a> city. During the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> Limoges became a large city, strongly marked by the cultural influence of the <a href="/wiki/Abbey_of_Saint_Martial,_Limoges" title="Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges">Abbey of Saint-Martial</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Aquitaine" title="Duchy of Aquitaine">Dukes of Aquitaine</a> were invested and crowned. From the 12th century onwards, its <a href="/wiki/Vitreous_enamel" title="Vitreous enamel">enamels</a> were exported throughout the Christian world. In 1765, during the industrial revolution, the discovery of a deposit of <a href="/wiki/Kaolinite" title="Kaolinite">kaolin</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche" title="Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche">Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche</a> region enabled the development of the <a href="/wiki/Limoges_porcelain" title="Limoges porcelain">Limoges porcelain</a> industry. It is sometimes nicknamed "the red city" or "the Rome of socialism" because of its tradition of <a href="/wiki/Socialism_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialism in France">voting on the left</a> and the workers' events it experienced from the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. </p><p>Since the 1990s, the city has had a basketball club, <a href="/wiki/Limoges_CSP" title="Limoges CSP">Limoges CSP</a>, which has won several <a href="/wiki/ProA" title="ProA">French championships</a> and the <a href="/wiki/EuroLeague" title="EuroLeague">European championship</a> in 1993. Because of its heritage policy, it has held the label "City of Art and History" since 2008. Economic activities include <a href="/wiki/Butcher" title="Butcher">butchering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electrical_equipment" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical equipment">electrical equipment</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Building_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Building industry">building industry</a>, and luxury goods. It is home to porcelain houses and art workshops working with <a href="/wiki/Vitreous_enamel" title="Vitreous enamel">enamel</a> or <a href="/wiki/Stained_glass" title="Stained glass">stained glass</a>. This craft expertise led it to join the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_Creative_Cities_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO Creative Cities Network">UNESCO Creative Cities Network</a> in 2017 in the thematic category "Crafts and Popular Arts". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Limoges" title="Timeline of Limoges">Timeline of Limoges</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limoges_-_Lim%C3%B2tges.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Limoges_-_Lim%C3%B2tges.jpg/220px-Limoges_-_Lim%C3%B2tges.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Limoges_-_Lim%C3%B2tges.jpg/330px-Limoges_-_Lim%C3%B2tges.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Limoges_-_Lim%C3%B2tges.jpg/440px-Limoges_-_Lim%C3%B2tges.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Occitan_language" title="Occitan language">Occitan</a> and French name of the city</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_and_medieval_history">Ancient and medieval history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ancient and medieval history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scarce remains of pre-urban settlements have been found in the area of Limoges. The capital of the <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaulish</a> people of the <a href="/wiki/Lemovices" title="Lemovices">Lemovices</a>, who lived in the area, was probably either near <a href="/wiki/Villejoubert" title="Villejoubert">Villejoubert</a>, some kilometres south-east of <a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9onard-de-Noblat" title="Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat">Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat</a>, or St Gence, just west of Limoges. </p><p>The city proper was founded as <b>Augustoritum</b> by the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a>, around 10 BC: "rito-" is <a href="/wiki/Gaulish" title="Gaulish">Gaulish</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Ford_(crossing)" title="Ford (crossing)">ford</a>". The foundation was part of the reorganization of the province by the emperor <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>, hence the new name. The Roman city included an <a href="/wiki/Amphitheatre" title="Amphitheatre">amphitheatre</a> measuring 136 x 115 metres, a theatre, a <a href="/wiki/Forum_(Roman)" title="Forum (Roman)">forum</a>, baths and several sanctuaries. According to tradition, a temple consecrated to <a href="/wiki/Venus_(mythology)" title="Venus (mythology)">Venus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diana_(mythology)" title="Diana (mythology)">Diana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minerva" title="Minerva">Minerva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (mythology)">Jupiter</a> was located near the modern cathedral. The city was on the typical Roman square plan, with two main streets crossing in the centre. It had a Senate and a currency of its own, a sign of its importance in the imperial age. Later, like many towns and cities in Gaul, it was renamed after the tribe (here the <a href="/wiki/Lemovices" title="Lemovices">Lemovices</a>) whose chief town it was; "Lemovices" subsequently evolved into "Limoges", and "Lemovicinus" for the area around changed into "<a href="/wiki/Limousin" title="Limousin">Limousin</a>".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Limoges was evangelized by <a href="/wiki/Saint_Martial" title="Saint Martial">Saint Martial</a>, who came to the city around 250 with two companions, Alpinianus and Austriclinienus. However, in the late 3rd century it was increasingly abandoned, due to unsafe conditions created by the invasions of various Germanic tribes. The population was concentrated instead in a more easily fortifiable site, the modern Puy Saint-Étienne, which is the centre of the modern Limoges. Starting from the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Abbey_of_St._Martial" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbey of St. Martial">Abbey of St. Martial</a> (9th century), another settlement grew around the tomb of the saint, while a third area, next to the residence of the <a href="/wiki/Viscounty_of_Limoges" title="Viscounty of Limoges">viscount</a> (the future Castle of Saint Martial), seems to have been populated from the 10th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Starting from the 11th century, thanks to the presence of the Abbey of St. Martial and its large library, Limoges became a flourishing artistic centre. It was home to an important school of medieval music composition, which is usually called the <a href="/wiki/St._Martial_School" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Martial School">St. Martial School</a>; its most famous member was the 13th-century <a href="/wiki/Troubadour" title="Troubadour">troubadour</a> <a href="/wiki/Bertran_de_Born" title="Bertran de Born">Bertran de Born</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limoges_ciborium_circa_1200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Limoges_ciborium_circa_1200.jpg/170px-Limoges_ciborium_circa_1200.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Limoges_ciborium_circa_1200.jpg/255px-Limoges_ciborium_circa_1200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Limoges_ciborium_circa_1200.jpg/340px-Limoges_ciborium_circa_1200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1782" data-file-height="2922" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Limoges_enamel" title="Limoges enamel">Limoges enamel</a> <a href="/wiki/Ciborium_(container)" title="Ciborium (container)">ciborium</a> with <a href="/wiki/Champlev%C3%A9" title="Champlevé">champlevé</a> enamel, and center rim in <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Kufic" title="Pseudo-Kufic">pseudo-Kufic</a> script, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1200</span><sup id="cite_ref-Louvre_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Louvre-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In the 13th century, at the peak of its splendour, central Limoges consisted of two fortified settlements. </p> <ul><li>The town proper, with a new line of walls encompassing the <a href="/wiki/Vienne_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Vienne River">Vienne River</a>, inhabited mainly by clerks and workers. It has a bridge on the Vienne river named after Saint-Étienne, built by the bishops, and a developed port. Sacked in 1370, it never recovered entirely.</li> <li>The castle, with 12 meter-high walls, including the abbey and controlled by the abbot, sometimes in contrast with the bishop-ruled town ("la Cité"). Traces of the walls can still be seen in the city centre. Outside the lines of walls were the popular quarters.</li></ul> <p>In 1370, Limoges was occupied by <a href="/wiki/Edward,_the_Black_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward, the Black Prince">Edward, the Black Prince</a>, who <a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_Limoges" class="mw-redirect" title="Massacre of Limoges">massacred</a> some 300 residents, "perhaps a sixth of the normal population", with another 60 members of the garrison of 140 dead as well.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_history">Modern history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yale_Mobile_Hospital_Unit_No._39_Christmas_1917_Limoges_China_Factory.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Yale_Mobile_Hospital_Unit_No._39_Christmas_1917_Limoges_China_Factory.jpg/220px-Yale_Mobile_Hospital_Unit_No._39_Christmas_1917_Limoges_China_Factory.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Yale_Mobile_Hospital_Unit_No._39_Christmas_1917_Limoges_China_Factory.jpg/330px-Yale_Mobile_Hospital_Unit_No._39_Christmas_1917_Limoges_China_Factory.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Yale_Mobile_Hospital_Unit_No._39_Christmas_1917_Limoges_China_Factory.jpg/440px-Yale_Mobile_Hospital_Unit_No._39_Christmas_1917_Limoges_China_Factory.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="279" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale Mobile Hospital Unit No. 39</a> stationed at the Limoges factory, Christmas, 1917</figcaption></figure> <p>The porcelain industry started to develop, favoured by the presence of <a href="/wiki/Kaolinite" title="Kaolinite">kaolinite</a> which was discovered near Limoges in 1768<sup id="cite_ref-indy_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (near St Yrieix, south-west of Limoges). Many of the inhabitants became employed in the new sector or in connected activities (including the lumbering of wood needed for firing the porcelain) in manufacture and exporting needed for European distribution of <a href="/wiki/Limoges_Box" title="Limoges Box">Limoges Boxes</a>, dinnerware, and other porcelain wares. Because the Limousin region has had a long history of breeding (Baronet sheep and <a href="/wiki/Limousin_cattle" title="Limousin cattle">Limousine cows</a>), the leather industry also settled in and around Limoges along the banks of the Vienne–the river providing the necessary water and power. Factories in Limoges and St Junien still produce luxury leather shoes, gloves, and bags. </p><p>The city and castle were united in 1792 to form the single city of Limoges. During the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> several religious edifices, considered symbols of the <i><a href="/wiki/Ancien_R%C3%A9gime" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancien Régime">Ancien Régime</a></i>, were destroyed by the population: these included the Abbey of St. Martial itself.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 19th century Limoges saw strong construction activity, which included the destruction and rebuilding of much of the city centre. The unsafe conditions of the poorer population is highlighted by the outbreak of several riots, including <a href="/wiki/July_Revolution" title="July Revolution">that of July–November 1830</a> and April 1848. The first French confederation of workers, Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) (<a href="/wiki/General_Confederation_of_Labour_(France)" title="General Confederation of Labour (France)">General Confederation of Labour</a>), was created in Limoges in 1895.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In early 1905, strikes began in another local industry, shoe factories soon followed in the porcelain factories. Barricades were built, the army intervened. There would be two casualties: a horse and a young porcelain worker, Camille Vardelle.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, many <a href="/wiki/History_of_Jews_in_Alsace" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Jews in Alsace">Jews from Alsace</a> were evacuated to and around Limoges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Limoges experiences an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>: <i>Cfb</i>) common to much of Western France. Most precipitation occurs between October and February. On 27 December 1999, winds reached 148 km/h (92 mph). On average, the city experiences 41 days of frost and 18 days of snow each winter. In June, July and August, precipitation tends to come only from violent thunderstorms coming from the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay" title="Bay of Biscay">Bay of Biscay</a>. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Limoges (<a href="/wiki/Limoges_%E2%80%93_Bellegarde_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Limoges – Bellegarde Airport">LIG</a>), elevation: 402 m (1,319 ft), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1973–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(97.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(100.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.2<br />(100.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(40.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4<br />(43.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−19.2<br />(−2.6) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.0<br />(5.0) </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.6<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.7<br />(23.5) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4<br />(41.7) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.6<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.6<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−19.2<br />(−2.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.6<br />(3.57) </td> <td style="background: #84FF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.0<br />(2.95) </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.8<br />(3.06) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.7<br />(3.45) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.6<br />(3.65) </td> <td style="background: #83FF83; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.0<br />(3.15) </td> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.5<br />(2.46) </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.6<br />(2.82) </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.9<br />(2.95) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.2<br />(3.71) </td> <td style="background: #5BFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">106.1<br />(4.18) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">105.0<br />(4.13) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,018<br />(40.08) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #9898FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.9 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">133.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7 </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0 </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">77 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #919191; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.6 </td> <td style="background: #B3B36F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">104.1 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">157.6 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">173.0 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">205.6 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">224.4 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">243.5 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">236.8 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.0 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD36; color:#000000;" class="notheme">135.0 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.6 </td> <td style="background: #909090; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.9 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,922 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Meteo_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Meteo France">Meteo France</a> (snow days 1981-2010)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (relative humidity 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-Infoclimat_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Infoclimat-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, the population of the commune proper was 131,479, and of the Limoges functional urban area 323,789.<sup id="cite_ref-compar_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inhabitants of Limoges are called <i>limougeauds</i> in French.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Limoges proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Limoges absorbed the former commune of Beaune-les-Mines in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-ehess_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ehess-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:30em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1793 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,864</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1800 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,255</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.42%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1806 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">21,757</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1821 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">24,992</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.93%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1831 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">27,070</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.80%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1836 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">29,706</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.88%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1841 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">29,870</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.11%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1846 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">38,119</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.00%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1851 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">41,630</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.78%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1856 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">46,564</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.27%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">51,053</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.86%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1866 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">53,022</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.76%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1872 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">55,134</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.65%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1876 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">59,011</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.71%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1881 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">63,765</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.56%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1886 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">68,477</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.44%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">72,697</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1896 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">77,703</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.34%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">84,121</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.60%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1906 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">88,597</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.04%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">92,181</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.80%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">90,187</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">98,209</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.72%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">92,577</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.17%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1936 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">95,217</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.56%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1946 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">107,857</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.25%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1954 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">105,990</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1962 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">118,576</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1968 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">132,935</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.92%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">143,725</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.12%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1982 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">140,400</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.33%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">133,464</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.63%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1999 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">133,968</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.04%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">138,882</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.45%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2012 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">136,221</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.39%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2017 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">132,175</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.60%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000)"><div class="center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output 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role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: EHESS<sup id="cite_ref-ehess_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ehess-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and INSEE (1968-2017)<sup id="cite_ref-pophist_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pophist-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_sights">Main sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Main sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Limoges.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Limoges.jpg/170px-Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Limoges.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Limoges.jpg/255px-Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Limoges.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Limoges.jpg/340px-Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Limoges.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>St Etienne Cathedral, Limoges</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limoges_bridge_Saint_Martial.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Limoges_bridge_Saint_Martial.JPG/220px-Limoges_bridge_Saint_Martial.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Limoges_bridge_Saint_Martial.JPG/330px-Limoges_bridge_Saint_Martial.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Limoges_bridge_Saint_Martial.JPG/440px-Limoges_bridge_Saint_Martial.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2144" data-file-height="1375" /></a><figcaption>Saint Martial Bridge</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LimogesStationTower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/LimogesStationTower.jpg/220px-LimogesStationTower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/LimogesStationTower.jpg/330px-LimogesStationTower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/LimogesStationTower.jpg/440px-LimogesStationTower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="397" /></a><figcaption><i>Gare des Bénédictins</i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limoges_-_H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Limoges_-_H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_11.jpg/220px-Limoges_-_H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_11.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Limoges_-_H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_11.jpg/330px-Limoges_-_H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Limoges_-_H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_11.jpg/440px-Limoges_-_H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3664" data-file-height="2748" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville,_Limoges" title="Hôtel de Ville, Limoges">Hôtel de Ville</a></i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Abbey_of_Saint_Martial,_Limoges" title="Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges">Crypt of Saint Martial</a>, 10th century, including the tomb of the bishop who evangelized the city.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was discovered in the 1960s while building an underground parking lot (place de la république).</li> <li>Remains of the Gallo-Roman amphitheatre, one of the largest in ancient Gaul. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic</a> <a href="/wiki/Limoges_Cathedral" title="Limoges Cathedral">Limoges Cathedral</a> (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Limoges), begun in 1273 and only finished in 1888. It is noted for a fine loft built in 1534 and for the partly octagonal bell tower. The main artistic works are a Renaissance <a href="/wiki/Rood_screen" title="Rood screen">rood screen</a> and the tomb of the bishop Jean de Langeac, with sculpted scenes of the Apocalypse.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Chapel_of_St._Aurelianus,_Limoges" title="Chapel of St. Aurelianus, Limoges"><i>Chapelle Saint-Aurélien</i></a> (14th–17th centuries). It includes the relics of <a href="/wiki/St._Aurelian" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Aurelian">St. Aurelian</a>, the second bishop of <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Limoges" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Limoges">Limoges</a>, and has medieval statues and Baroque works of art.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._Pierre_du_Queyroix" title="Church of St. Pierre du Queyroix">church of <i>St-Pierre-du-Queyroix</i></a>, begun in the 12th century</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._Michel_des_Lions" title="Church of St. Michel des Lions">Church of <i>St-Michel-des-Lions</i></a>, begun in 1364. It houses the relics of St. Martial and has stained-glass windows from the 15th–16th century. The most striking feature is the 65 m-high tower, with a spire surmounted by a big bronze ball.</li> <li>The bridges of Saint Martial (dating from the Roman era) and of St-Étienne (13th century).</li> <li>The Limoges Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux-Arts), housed in the 18th-century bishops' palace ('Palais de l'Évêché').<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville,_Limoges" title="Hôtel de Ville, Limoges">Hôtel de Ville</a></i>, completed in 1883<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The railway station, <i><a href="/wiki/Gare_de_Limoges_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dictins" class="mw-redirect" title="Gare de Limoges Bénédictins">Gare de Limoges Bénédictins</a></i>, inaugurated in 1929.</li> <li>The <i>Château de La Borie</i> (17th century), at 4 km (2.5 mi) from the city. It is home to the Centre Culturel de Rencontre de La Borie et l'Ensemble Baroque de Limoges.</li> <li>The remains of the 12th-century Castle of Chalucet, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the city. During the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a> it was a base of the bands of pillagers which ravaged the country.</li> <li>The city's <a href="/wiki/Botanical_garden" title="Botanical garden">botanical gardens</a> include the <a href="/wiki/Jardin_botanique_de_l%27Ev%C3%AAch%C3%A9" title="Jardin botanique de l'Evêché">Jardin botanique de l'Evêché</a> next to the cathedral.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Limoges" title="University of Limoges">University of Limoges</a> was founded in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Art_and_literature">Art and literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Art and literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Becket_Louvre_OA11333.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Thomas_Becket_Louvre_OA11333.jpg/220px-Thomas_Becket_Louvre_OA11333.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Thomas_Becket_Louvre_OA11333.jpg/330px-Thomas_Becket_Louvre_OA11333.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Thomas_Becket_Louvre_OA11333.jpg/440px-Thomas_Becket_Louvre_OA11333.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2770" data-file-height="1250" /></a><figcaption><i>The murder of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Becket" title="Thomas Becket">Thomas Becket</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Limoges_enamel" title="Limoges enamel">Limoges enamel</a>, 12th century, <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a> Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>"Le marché de Limoges" (Limoges market) is the name of a section of <a href="/wiki/Pictures_at_an_Exhibition" title="Pictures at an Exhibition">Pictures at an Exhibition</a> by <a href="/wiki/Modest_Mussorgsky" title="Modest Mussorgsky">Modest Mussorgsky</a>. </p><p>In 1768,<sup id="cite_ref-indy_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kaolinite" title="Kaolinite">kaolin</a>, a rock rich in fine, white clay which is used for making <a href="/wiki/Porcelain" title="Porcelain">porcelain</a>, was discovered at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche" title="Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche">Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche</a>, 30 km south of Limoges. Under the impetus of the progressive economist <a href="/wiki/Anne_Robert_Jacques_Turgot,_Baron_de_Laune" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune">Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune</a>, who had been appointed <i>intendant</i> of this impoverished and isolated region, a new <a href="/wiki/Ceramic_art" title="Ceramic art">ceramics</a> industry was developed, and <a href="/wiki/Limoges_porcelain" title="Limoges porcelain">Limoges porcelain</a> became famous during the 19th century. However, <a href="/wiki/Limoges_porcelain" title="Limoges porcelain">Limoges porcelain</a> is a generic term for porcelain produced in Limoges rather than at a specific factory (there are still several porcelain factories in and around Limoges). More than 50% of all porcelain made in France comes from Limoges.<sup id="cite_ref-indy_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Limoges hosts the national <a href="/wiki/Ceramic" title="Ceramic">ceramics</a> school <a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_d%27ing%C3%A9nieurs_ENSIL-ENSCI" title="École d'ingénieurs ENSIL-ENSCI">École d'ingénieurs ENSIL-ENSCI</a>, created in 1893,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Limoges" title="University of Limoges">University of Limoges</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is one of France's basketball capitals. The <a href="/wiki/Palais_des_Sports_de_Beaublanc" title="Palais des Sports de Beaublanc">Palais des Sports de Beaublanc</a>, has been host for international basketball events such as the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_1983" title="EuroBasket 1983">EuroBasket 1983</a> and serves as home court for the professional team <a href="/wiki/CSP_Limoges" class="mw-redirect" title="CSP Limoges">CSP Limoges</a> (Cercle St Pierre). Since 1983, the club has been French champion 11 times (1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2014, 2015) and 5 European titles (1982, 1983, 2000 (<a href="/wiki/Korac_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Korac Cup">Korac Cup</a>), 1988 (FIBA Saporta Cup), 1993 (Euroleague)). It was the first French club team to become <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> champion in a collective sport.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team currently plays in <a href="/wiki/LNB_Pro_A" class="mw-redirect" title="LNB Pro A">Pro A</a>, the French first basketball professional league. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Limoges_Hand_87" class="mw-redirect" title="Limoges Hand 87">Limoges Hand 87</a> is a French handball team based in Limoges, France, which is currently playing in the Division 2 of Ligue Nationale de Handball. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Limoges_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Limoges FC">Limoges FC</a> was the major city <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> team before the club folded in 2020 during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. Their home games were played at Stade St. Lazare. </p><p><a href="/wiki/USA_Limoges" title="USA Limoges">USA Limoges</a> is an amateur rugby union club, based in Limoges. Currently competing in Fédérale 1, the top level of the French amateur rugby pyramid and one level below the professional leagues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main railway station of Limoges is the <a href="/wiki/Limoges-B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dictins_station" title="Limoges-Bénédictins station">Limoges-Bénédictins station</a>. It offers direct connections with <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, and Toulouse, and several regional destinations. Limoges was the last major urban centre of Metropolitan France to be connected to the national motorway system; since the early 1990s, the motorway <a href="/wiki/A20_autoroute" title="A20 autoroute">A20</a> connects Limoges with <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teauroux" title="Châteauroux">Châteauroux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vierzon" title="Vierzon">Vierzon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Orléans">Orléans</a> and Paris to the north, and <a href="/wiki/Brive-la-Gaillarde" title="Brive-la-Gaillarde">Brive-la-Gaillarde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cahors" title="Cahors">Cahors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montauban" title="Montauban">Montauban</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toulouse" title="Toulouse">Toulouse</a> to the south. The nearest airport is <a href="/wiki/Limoges_%E2%80%93_Bellegarde_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Limoges – Bellegarde Airport">Limoges – Bellegarde Airport</a>. </p><p>Urban transport in Limoges and its metropolitan area is operated by Société de transports en commun de Limoges Métropole (STCL). The Limoges urban bus network includes the <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Limoges" title="Trolleybuses in Limoges">Limoges trolleybus system</a>, one of only four such systems currently operating in France. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Gui" title="Bernard Gui">Bernard Gui</a> (1261–1331), Inquisitor of Toulouse, Bishop of <a href="/wiki/Lod%C3%A8ve" title="Lodève">Lodève</a>, buried in Limoges.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Casa" title="Pierre de Casa">Pierre de Casa</a> <a href="/wiki/Prior_General_of_the_Order_of_Carmelites" title="Prior General of the Order of Carmelites">Prior General of the Order of Carmelites</a> then Became Bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Vaison" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Vaison">Diocese of Vaison</a> (1341–1348) and <a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem</a> (1342–1348)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Daurat" title="Jean Daurat">Jean Daurat</a> (or Dorat) (1508–1588), poet and scholar, member of the <a href="/wiki/La_Pl%C3%A9iade" title="La Pléiade">Pléiade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Fran%C3%A7ois_d%27Aguesseau" title="Henri François d'Aguesseau">Henri François d'Aguesseau</a> (1668–1751), <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_France" title="Chancellor of France">chancellor of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Jourdan" title="Jean-Baptiste Jourdan">Jean-Baptiste Jourdan</a> (1762–1833), <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_France" title="Marshal of France">marshal of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Grellet" title="Stephen Grellet">Stephen Grellet</a> (1773–1855), <a href="/wiki/Quaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Quaker">Quaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Bugeaud_de_la_Piconnerie" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie">Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie</a>, Duke of Duchy of Isly (1784–1849), <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_France" title="Marshal of France">marshal of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Cruveilhier" title="Jean Cruveilhier">Jean Cruveilhier</a> (1791–1874), anatomist and pathologist, born in Limoges</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Chevalier" title="Michel Chevalier">Michel Chevalier</a> (1806–1879), <a href="/wiki/Engineer" title="Engineer">engineer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Economist" title="Economist">economist</a>, and statesman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89lie_Berthet" title="Élie Berthet">Élie Berthet</a> (1815–1891), writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Joseph_%C3%89mile_Mont%C3%A9gut" title="Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut">Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut</a> (1825–1895), critic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Fran%C3%A7ois_Sadi_Carnot" class="mw-redirect" title="Marie François Sadi Carnot">Marie François Sadi Carnot</a> (1837–1894), <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir" title="Pierre-Auguste Renoir">Pierre-Auguste Renoir</a> (1841–1919), painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Antoine" title="André Antoine">André Antoine</a> (1858–1943), theater pioneer, actor, director, filmmaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Navarre" title="René Navarre">René Navarre</a> (1877–1968), actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Vardelle" title="Marcel Vardelle">Marcel Vardelle</a> (1883–1969), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Gonthier" title="Roger Gonthier">Roger Gonthier</a> (1884–1978), architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raoul_Hausmann" title="Raoul Hausmann">Raoul Hausmann</a> (1886–1971), artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryse_Basti%C3%A9" title="Maryse Bastié">Maryse Bastié</a> (1898–1952), aviator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Sirieix" title="Fred Sirieix">Fred Sirieix</a> (born 1972), maître d'hôtel famous for appearing on <i><a href="/wiki/First_Dates" title="First Dates">First Dates</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franck_Pulcini" title="Franck Pulcini">Franck Pulcini</a>, 20th-century French trumpeter.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabienne_Delsol" title="Fabienne Delsol">Fabienne Delsol</a>, a singer active since 1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Delautrette" title="Stéphane Delautrette">Stéphane Delautrette</a> (born 1972), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Moreau" title="Guillaume Moreau">Guillaume Moreau</a> (born 1983), racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie-Ange_Magne" title="Marie-Ange Magne">Marie-Ange Magne</a> (born 1987), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthieu_Vaxivi%C3%A8re" title="Matthieu Vaxivière">Matthieu Vaxivière</a> (born 1994), racing driver</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_-_sister_cities">Twin towns - sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Twin towns - sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limoges-fountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Limoges-fountain.jpg/220px-Limoges-fountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Limoges-fountain.jpg/330px-Limoges-fountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Limoges-fountain.jpg/440px-Limoges-fountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Fountain and Carousel at Place de la République</figcaption></figure> <p>Limoges is twinned with:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, United States</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCrth" title="Fürth">Fürth</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Grodno" title="Grodno">Grodno</a>, Belarus</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Plze%C5%88" title="Plzeň">Plzeň</a>, Czech Republic</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seto,_Aichi" title="Seto, Aichi">Seto</a>, Japan</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Icheon" title="Icheon">Icheon</a>, South Korea</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Limoges" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges">Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges</a>, the Bishopric of Limoges</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Haute-Vienne_department" title="Communes of the Haute-Vienne department">Communes of the Haute-Vienne department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_of_St._Aurelianus,_Limoges" title="Chapel of St. Aurelianus, Limoges">Chapel of St. Aurelianus, Limoges</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limoges&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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(1913). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Diocese_of_Limoges" class="extiw" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Diocese of Limoges">Diocese of Limoges</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. 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Billanges">Les Billanges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanzac,_Haute-Vienne" title="Blanzac, Haute-Vienne">Blanzac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blond,_Haute-Vienne" title="Blond, Haute-Vienne">Blond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boisseuil" title="Boisseuil">Boisseuil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnac-la-C%C3%B4te" title="Bonnac-la-Côte">Bonnac-la-Côte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosmie-l%27Aiguille" title="Bosmie-l'Aiguille">Bosmie-l'Aiguille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breuilaufa" title="Breuilaufa">Breuilaufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Buis" title="Le Buis">Le Buis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bujaleuf" title="Bujaleuf">Bujaleuf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgnac" title="Burgnac">Burgnac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bussi%C3%A8re-Galant" title="Bussière-Galant">Bussière-Galant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Cars" title="Les Cars">Les Cars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaillac-sur-Vienne" title="Chaillac-sur-Vienne">Chaillac-sur-Vienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Chalard" title="Le 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href="/wiki/Cheissoux" title="Cheissoux">Cheissoux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A9ronnac" title="Chéronnac">Chéronnac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cieux" title="Cieux">Cieux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cognac-la-For%C3%AAt" title="Cognac-la-Forêt">Cognac-la-Forêt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compreignac" title="Compreignac">Compreignac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condat-sur-Vienne" title="Condat-sur-Vienne">Condat-sur-Vienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coussac-Bonneval" title="Coussac-Bonneval">Coussac-Bonneval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Couzeix" title="Couzeix">Couzeix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Croisille-sur-Briance" title="La Croisille-sur-Briance">La Croisille-sur-Briance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Croix-sur-Gartempe" title="La Croix-sur-Gartempe">La Croix-sur-Gartempe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromac,_Haute-Vienne" title="Cromac, Haute-Vienne">Cromac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cussac,_Haute-Vienne" title="Cussac, Haute-Vienne">Cussac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinsac" title="Dinsac">Dinsac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dompierre-les-%C3%89glises" title="Dompierre-les-Églises">Dompierre-les-Églises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domps" title="Domps">Domps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Dorat" title="Le Dorat">Le Dorat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dournazac" title="Dournazac">Dournazac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Droux" title="Droux">Droux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eybouleuf" title="Eybouleuf">Eybouleuf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyjeaux" title="Eyjeaux">Eyjeaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eymoutiers" title="Eymoutiers">Eymoutiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feytiat" title="Feytiat">Feytiat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flavignac" title="Flavignac">Flavignac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folles" title="Folles">Folles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fromental" title="Fromental">Fromental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gajoubert" title="Gajoubert">Gajoubert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Geneytouse" title="La Geneytouse">La Geneytouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glandon" title="Glandon">Glandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glanges" title="Glanges">Glanges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorre" title="Gorre">Gorre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Grands-Ch%C3%A9zeaux" title="Les Grands-Chézeaux">Les Grands-Chézeaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle,_Haute-Vienne" title="Isle, Haute-Vienne">Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabreilles-les-Bordes" title="Jabreilles-les-Bordes">Jabreilles-les-Bordes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janailhac" title="Janailhac">Janailhac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javerdat" title="Javerdat">Javerdat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Jonch%C3%A8re-Saint-Maurice" title="La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice">La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jouac" title="Jouac">Jouac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jourgnac" title="Jourgnac">Jourgnac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladignac-le-Long" title="Ladignac-le-Long">Ladignac-le-Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauri%C3%A8re" title="Laurière">Laurière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavignac" title="Lavignac">Lavignac</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Limoges</a><sup>pref</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linards" title="Linards">Linards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lussac-les-%C3%89glises" title="Lussac-les-Églises">Lussac-les-Églises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnac-Bourg" title="Magnac-Bourg">Magnac-Bourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnac-Laval" title="Magnac-Laval">Magnac-Laval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mailhac-sur-Benaize" title="Mailhac-sur-Benaize">Mailhac-sur-Benaize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire" title="Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire">Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marval" title="Marval">Marval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masl%C3%A9on" title="Masléon">Masléon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meilhac" title="Meilhac">Meilhac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meuzac" title="Meuzac">Meuzac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Meyze" title="La Meyze">La Meyze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moissannes" title="Moissannes">Moissannes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrol-S%C3%A9nard" title="Montrol-Sénard">Montrol-Sénard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortemart" title="Mortemart">Mortemart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantiat" title="Nantiat">Nantiat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedde" title="Nedde">Nedde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuvic-Entier" title="Neuvic-Entier">Neuvic-Entier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nexon,_Haute-Vienne" title="Nexon, Haute-Vienne">Nexon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nieul" title="Nieul">Nieul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouic" title="Nouic">Nouic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oradour-Saint-Genest" title="Oradour-Saint-Genest">Oradour-Saint-Genest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_(commune)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oradour-sur-Glane (commune)">Oradour-sur-Glane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oradour-sur-Vayres" title="Oradour-sur-Vayres">Oradour-sur-Vayres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pageas" title="Pageas">Pageas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Palais-sur-Vienne" title="Le Palais-sur-Vienne">Le Palais-sur-Vienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panazol" title="Panazol">Panazol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensol" title="Pensol">Pensol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyrat-de-Bellac" title="Peyrat-de-Bellac">Peyrat-de-Bellac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyrat-le-Ch%C3%A2teau" title="Peyrat-le-Château">Peyrat-le-Château</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyrilhac" title="Peyrilhac">Peyrilhac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Buffi%C3%A8re" title="Pierre-Buffière">Pierre-Buffière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Porcherie" title="La Porcherie">La Porcherie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rancon" title="Rancon">Rancon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raz%C3%A8s,_Haute-Vienne" title="Razès, Haute-Vienne">Razès</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rempnat" title="Rempnat">Rempnat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rilhac-Lastours" title="Rilhac-Lastours">Rilhac-Lastours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rilhac-Rancon" title="Rilhac-Rancon">Rilhac-Rancon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochechouart" title="Rochechouart">Rochechouart</a><sup>subpr</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Roche-l%27Abeille" title="La Roche-l'Abeille">La Roche-l'Abeille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy%C3%A8res" title="Royères">Royères</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roziers-Saint-Georges" title="Roziers-Saint-Georges">Roziers-Saint-Georges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saillat-sur-Vienne" title="Saillat-sur-Vienne">Saillat-sur-Vienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Amand-le-Petit" title="Saint-Amand-le-Petit">Saint-Amand-le-Petit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Amand-Magnazeix" title="Saint-Amand-Magnazeix">Saint-Amand-Magnazeix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Auvent" title="Saint-Auvent">Saint-Auvent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Bazile" title="Saint-Bazile">Saint-Bazile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Bonnet-Briance" title="Saint-Bonnet-Briance">Saint-Bonnet-Briance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac" title="Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac">Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne" title="Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne">Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Cyr,_Haute-Vienne" title="Saint-Cyr, Haute-Vienne">Saint-Cyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Denis-des-Murs" title="Saint-Denis-des-Murs">Saint-Denis-des-Murs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest" title="Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest">Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux" title="Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux">Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Gence" title="Saint-Gence">Saint-Gence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle" title="Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle">Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Georges-les-Landes" title="Saint-Georges-les-Landes">Saint-Georges-les-Landes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Germain-les-Belles" title="Saint-Germain-les-Belles">Saint-Germain-les-Belles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Gilles-les-For%C3%AAts" title="Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts">Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval" title="Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval">Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille" title="Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille">Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Hilaire-les-Places" title="Saint-Hilaire-les-Places">Saint-Hilaire-les-Places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Jean-Ligoure" title="Saint-Jean-Ligoure">Saint-Jean-Ligoure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Jouvent" title="Saint-Jouvent">Saint-Jouvent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Julien-le-Petit" title="Saint-Julien-le-Petit">Saint-Julien-le-Petit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Junien" title="Saint-Junien">Saint-Junien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Junien-les-Combes" title="Saint-Junien-les-Combes">Saint-Junien-les-Combes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Just-le-Martel" title="Saint-Just-le-Martel">Saint-Just-le-Martel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Laurent-les-%C3%89glises" title="Saint-Laurent-les-Églises">Saint-Laurent-les-Églises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre" title="Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre">Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9ger-la-Montagne" title="Saint-Léger-la-Montagne">Saint-Léger-la-Montagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9ger-Magnazeix" title="Saint-Léger-Magnazeix">Saint-Léger-Magnazeix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9onard-de-Noblat" title="Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat">Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Martial-sur-Isop" title="Saint-Martial-sur-Isop">Saint-Martial-sur-Isop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Martin-de-Jussac" title="Saint-Martin-de-Jussac">Saint-Martin-de-Jussac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Martin-le-Mault" title="Saint-Martin-le-Mault">Saint-Martin-le-Mault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Martin-le-Vieux" title="Saint-Martin-le-Vieux">Saint-Martin-le-Vieux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Martin-Terressus" title="Saint-Martin-Terressus">Saint-Martin-Terressus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Mathieu,_Haute-Vienne" title="Saint-Mathieu, Haute-Vienne">Saint-Mathieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice-les-Brousses" title="Saint-Maurice-les-Brousses">Saint-Maurice-les-Brousses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-M%C3%A9ard" title="Saint-Méard">Saint-Méard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe" title="Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe">Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Pardoux-le-Lac" title="Saint-Pardoux-le-Lac">Saint-Pardoux-le-Lac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Paul,_Haute-Vienne" title="Saint-Paul, Haute-Vienne">Saint-Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Priest-Ligoure" title="Saint-Priest-Ligoure">Saint-Priest-Ligoure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe" title="Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe">Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Priest-Taurion" title="Saint-Priest-Taurion">Saint-Priest-Taurion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Sornin-la-Marche" title="Saint-Sornin-la-Marche">Saint-Sornin-la-Marche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Sornin-Leulac" title="Saint-Sornin-Leulac">Saint-Sornin-Leulac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Sulpice-Lauri%C3%A8re" title="Saint-Sulpice-Laurière">Saint-Sulpice-Laurière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles" title="Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles">Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Sylvestre,_Haute-Vienne" title="Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne">Saint-Sylvestre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Victurnien" title="Saint-Victurnien">Saint-Victurnien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance" title="Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance">Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche" title="Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche">Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe" title="Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe">Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Salles-Lavauguyon" title="Les Salles-Lavauguyon">Les Salles-Lavauguyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauviat-sur-Vige" title="Sauviat-sur-Vige">Sauviat-sur-Vige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9reilhac" title="Séreilhac">Séreilhac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solignac" title="Solignac">Solignac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surdoux" title="Surdoux">Surdoux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussac" title="Sussac">Sussac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tersannes" title="Tersannes">Tersannes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thouron" title="Thouron">Thouron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val-d%27Issoire" title="Val-d'Issoire">Val-d'Issoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val-d%27Oire-et-Gartempe" title="Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe">Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaulry" title="Vaulry">Vaulry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vayres,_Haute-Vienne" title="Vayres, Haute-Vienne">Vayres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verneuil-Moustiers" title="Verneuil-Moustiers">Verneuil-Moustiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verneuil-sur-Vienne" title="Verneuil-sur-Vienne">Verneuil-sur-Vienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veyrac" title="Veyrac">Veyrac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicq-sur-Breuilh" title="Vicq-sur-Breuilh">Vicq-sur-Breuilh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Videix" title="Videix">Videix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Vigen" title="Le Vigen">Le Vigen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villefavard" title="Villefavard">Villefavard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>pref</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_in_France" title="Prefectures in France">prefecture</a></li> <li><sup>subpr</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Subprefectures_in_France" title="Subprefectures in France">subprefecture</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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