Corrèze

Correze () is a department in south-western France, named after the Correze river. It is in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and its capital is the city of Tulle.
History
Correze is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the old province of Limousin (the Bas Limousin).
The new department had four districts: Uzerche, Ussel, Tulle and Brive. The capital (now prefecture) was Tulle.
In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the four districts were changed into three arrondissements: Tulle, Brive and Ussel.
On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Ussel was eliminated but, on 6 December 1943, it became again an arrondissement.
Geography
Correze is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region; it is to the west of the Massif Central. It has an area of .
The department is surrounded by 6 departments in 3 regions:
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Creuse department
Dordogne department
Haute-Vienne department
Occitanie region
Lot department
Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region
Cantal department
Puy-de-Dome department
The highest point of the department is the Mont Bessou, high; the lowest point is in the valley of the Vezere river and is high.
The main rivers in the department are the Dordogne, the Vezere and the Correze that gives its name to the deparment.
Climate
The climate in Brive-la-Gaillarde is an oceanic climate with template summers, Cfb (Marine West Coast Climate) in the Koppen climate classification.
The annual rainfall in Brive-la-Gaillarde is . The month with the most precipitation on average is October with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .
The average temperature for the year in Brive-la-Gaillarde is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .
Administration
The department is managed by the Departmental Council of the Correze in Tulle. Correze is part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Administrative divisions
There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 19 cantons and 283 communes (municipalities) in Correze.
The following is a list of the 19 cantons of the Correze department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Allassac (1901)
Argentat (1902)
Brive-la-Gaillarde-1 (1903)
Brive-la-Gaillarde-2 (1904)
Brive-la-Gaillarde-3 (1905)
Brive-la-Gaillarde-4 (1906)
Egletons (1907)
Haute-Dordogne (1908)
Malemort-sur-Correze (1909)
Midi Correzien (1910)
Naves (1911)
Plateau de Millevaches (1912)
Saint-Pantaleon-de-Larche (1913)
Sainte-Fortunade (1914)
Seilhac-Monedieres (1915)
Tulle (1916)
Ussel (1917)
Uzerche (1918)
L'Yssandonnais (1919)
Demographics
The inhabitants of Correze are known, in French, as Correziens (women: Correziennes).
Correze has a population, in 2014, of 241,340, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde, with 130,034 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other two, Tulle and Ussel, have respectively 78,408 and 32,898 inhabitants.
Evolution of the population in Correze
The city with more people living in it is Brive-la-Gaillarde (46,961) and not the capital: Tulle (14,325).
The main cities in the department are:
Gallery
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Correze department
Communes of the Correze department
References
Other websites
Departmental Council website
Prefecture website
Official Correze tourism website
Correze