Tulle
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- This article is about a commune. For other uses, see Tulle (disambiguation).
| Commune of Tulle | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 01° 46' 23" E |
| Latitude | 45° 15' 99" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Limousin |
| Department | Corrèze (préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Tulle |
| Canton | Chief town of 4 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Tulle |
| Mayor | François Hollande (PS) (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 185 m–460 m (avg. 212 m) |
| Land area¹ | 24.44 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
15,553 |
| - Density (1999) | 636/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19272/ 19000 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Tulle (Occitan: Tula) is a commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Corrèze département in the Limousin region and the episcopal see of the eponymous Roman Catholic diocese, the Bishopric of Tulle.
- for the ecclesiastical history, Bishopric of Tulle.
Overseas departments
Cayenne (French Guiana) • Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) • Fort-de-France (Martinique) • Saint-Denis (Réunion)