Region Limousin

    The Limousin is one of 26 French regions composed of three departments Correze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne. Located almost entirely on the Massif Central on 1 January 2005, it comprised 724 243 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 sq. km. Its inhabitants are called Limousins.
With just over 720 000 inhabitants, is the second least populous region of mainland France after Corsica. Because of its topography and its economic past, it remains relatively isolated from major lines of communication and trade.