Oradour-sur-Glane
The village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi occupied France was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company.
Latitude and longitude of Aixe-sur-Vienne
Satellite map of Aixe-sur-Vienne
Aixe-sur-Vienne (Occitan: Aissa) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in western France.
Population: 5,661
Latitude: 45° 47' 55.03" N
Longitude: 1° 08' 19.82" E
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Show all articles in the mapLimousin
Limousin (French pronunciation: [limuzɛ̃] ( listen); Occitan: Lemosin) is one of the 27 regions of France. It is composed of three departments: Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne.
Rochechouart crater
Rochechouart is an impact crater in France. Its original diameter before erosion is thought to have been about 40–50 km (25–31 mi). Its most recent age estimate is 202.7 ± 2.2 million years ago, placing it in the Rhaetian, close to the Triassic-Jura…
Château de Châlus-Chabrol
The Château de Chalus-Chabrol (Occitan Limousin : Chasteu de Chasluç-Chabròl) is a castle in the commune of Châlus in the département of Haute-Vienne, France.
Limoges – Bellegarde Airport
Limoges – Bellegarde Airport (French: Aéroport de Limoges – Bellegarde, IATA: LIG, ICAO: LFBL) is an airport located 6 kilometres (4 mi) west-northwest of Limoges, a commune of the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region of France.
History of Limousin
Limousin (Occitan: Lemosin), one of the traditional provinces of France with a history reaching back to Celtic and Roman times, surrounds the city of Limoges (Occitan: Limòtges). Limousin lies in the foothills of the western edge of the Massif Centr…
Château de Montbrun
The Château de Montbrun is a castle in the commune of Dournazac in the Haute-Vienne département of France. The castle was built in the 12th and 15th centuries, and was restored in the late 19th.
Limoges Cathedral
Limoges Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Limoges) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, situated in Limoges.
Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour
The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour (the memorial center of Oradour) has made its mission to commemorate the crimes of the 2nd armored division of the Waffen-SS "Das Reich" in Oradour-sur-Glane, to inform about the crime, and to act as a memorial for…
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc
Palais de Sports de Beaublanc is an indoor sporting arena located in Limoges, France.
Château de Rochechouart
Château de Rochechouart is a thirteenth-century French castle, located at the top of the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in the commune of Rochechouart within the département of Haute-Vienne.
Saint-Priest-Palus
Saint-Priest-Palus is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.
Jardin botanique de l'Evêché
The Jardin botanique de l'Evêché (Botanical Garden of the Bishopric, 2 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique de Limoges, is a botanical garden located behind the Cathedral and Musée de l'Evêché in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France.
Côle
The Côle (French: la Côle) is a 51.5 km (32.0 mi) long river in the Dordogne département, south-central France. It rises near le Châtenet, a hamlet in Firbeix. It flows generally southwest.
Château de Châlucet
The Château de Châlucet, a ruined castle, is in the commune of Saint-Jean-Ligoure, about 10 km to the south of Limoges, in the département of Haute-Vienne, and less than 2 km from the Pôle de Lanaud.
Taurion
The Taurion (Occitan: Taurion), as it is known in Haute-Vienne, or Thaurion, as it is known in Creuse, is a 107 km long river in western France, tributary of the Vienne river.
Canton of Chabanais
The canton of Chabanais is a former administrative division in central France.
Lajoumard
Lajoumard is a village in Limousin, France. According to its inhabitants, it is one of the oldest villages in the area. Located between Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat and Le Châtenet-en-Dognon (Haute-Vienne, 87), it has about 20 old houses with stone walls.