Limousin
geographic region and former administrative region in France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Limousin is a former administrative region of France. It is now part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Its capital was Limoges. With 42 people per square kilometer, this was one of the least populated regions. About 710,000 people lived on roughly 17,000 square kilometres (6,600 sq mi).
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The departments in the region were Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne.
The local economy had been recentered around services.
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