Corrèze

French depairtment

Corrèze (French pronunciation: ​[kɔ.ʁɛz]; Occitan: Corresa) is a depairtment in sooth-wastren Fraunce, named efter the Corrèze River.

Corrèze
Prefectur biggin o the Corrèze depairtment, in Tulle
Prefectur biggin o the Corrèze depairtment, in Tulle
Coat of airms o Corrèze
Coat airms
Location o Corrèze in Fraunce
Location o Corrèze in Fraunce
Coordinates: 45°20′N 1°50′E / 45.333°N 1.833°E / 45.333; 1.833Coordinates: 45°20′N 1°50′E / 45.333°N 1.833°E / 45.333; 1.833
KintraFraunce
RegionLimousin
PrefecturTulle
SubprefectursBrive-la-Gaillarde
Ussel
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilGérard Bonnet (PS)
Area
 • Total5857 km2 (2,261 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total242,038
 • Rank80t
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer19
Arrondissements3
Cantons19
Communes286
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2