Limousin (province)

Limousin
Occitan: Lemosin
Province of Kingdom of France
1589–1790
of Limousin (province)
Coat of arms

The Château des Plas, in Curemonte

History 
• Established
1589
• Disestablished
1790
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Viscounty of Limoges
Corrèze
Haute-Vienne
Dordogne

Limousin (Occitan: Lemosin) is a former province of the Kingdom of France. It existed from 1589 until 1790, when the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts (arrondissements). It is located in the foothills of the western edge of the Massif Central and surrounds the city of Limoges (Occitan: Limòtges).[1]

The territory of the former province of Limousin corresponds to an area smaller than the administrative region, comprising the current department of Corrèze, the southern half of Haute-Vienne (including Limoges, its historic capital), and a small part of the Dordogne.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Limousin" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 701.