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Vienne
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| Vienne | |
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| Coat of arms of the Vienne department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 86 |
| Region: | Poitou-Charentes |
| Prefecture: | Poitiers |
| Subprefectures: | Châtellerault Montmorillon |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 38 |
| Communes: | 281 |
| President of the General Council: | Alain Fouché |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 56th |
| -1999 | 399,024 |
| Population density: | 57/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6990 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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- This article is about the French department. For the city, see Vienne, Isère.
Vienne is a département of France, named after the Vienne River.
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Vienne is one of the original 83 departments, established on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Poitou, Touraine, and Berry.
Goat cheese making is an important industry of Vienne.
The church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, a UNESCO world heritage site, is located in the Vienne.
- Cantons of the Vienne department
- Communes of the Vienne department
- Council of Vienne (1311-1312)
- Arrondissements of the Vienne department
- (French) General Council website
- (French) Vienne Tourism Office