Haute Vienne

The Haute-Vienne' is a French department named after the Vienne River. The chief and largest city of the Haute-Vienne is Limoges. All other towns in the department have less than 20,000 inhabitants.

The department is largely unspoiled with few centres of population and few main roads. (This is both a benefit and a drawback: good for the quality of life, but bad for commuting or reaching other parts of the country).

The region has always had - and has always attracted - artists:-

• Auguste Renoir, painter, impressionist
• Suzanne Valadon, painter
• Geoff Bunn, conceptual artist
• Paul Rebeyrolle, artist