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The Limousin, French: Limousine, is a French breed of beef cattle from the Limousin and Marche regions of France. It was formerly used mainly as a draught animal ...
Limousin (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Occitan: Lemosin) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine . [ 3 ]
Coat of arms of Limousin Map of historical Limousin. The history of Limousin (Occitan: Lemosin), one of the traditional provinces of France, reaches back to Celtic and Roman times. [1] The region surrounds the city of Limoges (Occitan: Limòtges). Limousin is located in the foothills of the western edge of the Massif Central, with cold weather ...
Limousin (French name, pronounced ⓘ; Occitan: lemosin, pronounced) is a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the three departments of Limousin, parts of Charente and the Dordogne in the southwest of France. The first Occitan documents are in an early form of this dialect, particularly the Boecis, written around the year 1000
Limousin can refer to: Limousin (administrative region), the former administrative region of southwest-central France; Limousin (province), former province of France under the Ancien Régime; Limousin dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language; Limousin cattle, a breed of beef cattle originating from the Limousin
Limousin (Occitan: Lemosin) is a former province of the Kingdom of France. It existed from 1589 until 1790, when the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments ( départements ) and districts ( arrondissements ).
The Parc naturel régional Périgord Limousin (French pronunciation: [paʁk natyʁɛl ʁeʒjɔnal peʁiɡɔʁ limuzɛ̃], "Périgord Limousin Regional Natural Park") was created March 9, 1998. It consists of 78 communes situated in the Dordogne and Haute Vienne départements. The park has a surface area of 1,800 square kilometers and is ...
Eble or Ebles d'Ussel (also d'Ussèl or d'Uisel; fl. c. 1200) was a Limousin troubadour, the eldest of three brothers, castellans of the castle of Ussel-sur-Sarzonne, northeast of Ventadorn. His younger brothers were Peire and Gui and he also had a cousin named Elias, all troubadours.