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CORREZE , a See also:

department of See also:south-central See also:France, formed from the See also:southern portion of the old See also:province of See also:Limousin, bounded N. by the departments of Haute-See also:Vienne and See also:Creuse, E. by See also:Puy-de-See also:Dome, S.E. by See also:Cantal, S. by See also:Lot, and W. by See also:Dordogne. See also:Area, 2273 sq. m. Pop. (1906) 317,430. Correze is situated on the western fringe of the central See also:plateau of France. It forms a hilly tableland elevated in the See also:east and See also:north, and intersected by numerous fertile See also:river valleys, trending for the most See also:part to the south and south-See also:west. The highest points, many of which exceed 3000 ft., are found in the north, where the Plateau de Millevaches separates the basins of the See also:Loire and the See also:Garonne. Except for a small See also:district in the extreme north, which is watered by the Vienne, Correze belongs to the See also:basin of the Garonne. The Dordogne See also:waters its south-eastern region. The Correze, from which the department takes its name, and the Vezere, of which the Correze is the See also:chief tributary, rise in the Plateau de Millevaches, flow south-west, and unite to the west of See also:Brive. The See also:climate of Correze is, in See also:general, See also:cold, See also:damp and variable, except in the south-west, where it is mild and agreeable. The See also:majority of the inhabitants live by See also:agriculture.

About one-third of the department is arable See also:

land, most of which is found in the south-west. See also:Rye, See also:buckwheat and See also:wheat (in the See also:order named) are the most abundant cereals. See also:Hemp, See also:flax and See also:tobacco are also grown. The mor, elevated regions of the north and east are given over to pasture, See also:sheep being specially numerous on the Plateau de Millevaches. Pigs and goats are reared to a considerable extent; and poultry-farming and See also:cheese-making are much practised. The vineyards of the neighbourhood of Brive produce See also:wine of See also:medium quality. Chestnuts, largely used as an See also:article of See also:food, walnuts and See also:cider-apples are the chief fruits. See also:Coal in small quantities, See also:slate, See also:building-See also:stone and other stone are the See also:mineral products, and See also:clay, used in See also:potteries and See also:tile-See also:works, is also worked. The most important See also:industrial See also:establishment is the See also:government manufactory of See also:fire-arms at See also:Tulle. There are See also:flour-See also:mills, breweries, oil-works, saw-mills and dye-works; and hats (See also:Bort), coarse woollens, See also:silk, preserved foods, wooden shoes, chairs, See also:paper and See also:leather are manufactured. Coal and raw materials for textile See also:industries are leading imports; live stock and agricultural products are the chief exports. The department is served by the See also:Orleans railway, and the Dordogne is navigable.

The department is divided into the arrondissements of Tulle, Brive and Ussel, containing 29 cantons and 289 communes. It belongs to the archdiocese of See also:

Bourges, the region of the XII. See also:army See also:corps, and the Academie (educational See also:division) of Clermont-See also:Ferrand. Its See also:court of See also:appeal is at See also:Limoges. Tulle, the See also:capital, and Brive are the See also:principal towns of the department. Uzerche is a picturesque old See also:town on the Vezere, with a Romanesque See also:church, old houses, a See also:gate and other remains of See also:medieval fortifications. At Aubazine (or Obazine) there is a Romanesque church of the 12th See also:century, formerly belonging to the celebrated Cistercian See also:abbey, of which See also:Etienne "of Obazine" (d. 1159 and subsequently beatified) was the founder and first See also:abbot. It contains the See also:fine sculptured See also:tomb of the founder. To the same See also:style belong the abbey church of See also:Beaulieu, the south portal of which is elaborately carved, the abbey church of Meymac, and the abbey church of Vigeois. Treignac, with its church, See also:bridge and ramparts of the 15th century, and See also:Turenne, dominated by the ruins of the See also:castle of the famous See also:family of that name, are See also:ancient and interesting towns. The dolmen at Espartignac and the cromlech of Aubazine are the chief megalithic remains in the department. A See also:Roman See also:eagle and other antiquities have been found See also:close to Ussel, which at the end of the 16th century became the centre of the duchy of Ventadour.

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