CORREZE  , a See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-central See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, formed from the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portion of the old See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• LIMOUSIN (Lat. Pagus Lemovicinus, ager Lemovicensis, regio Lemovicum, Lemozinum, Limosinium, &c.)
• LIMOUSIN (or LIMOSIN), LEONARD (c. 1505-c. 1577)

Limousin, bounded N. by the departments of Haute-See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne and See also:

• CREUSE

Creuse, E. by See also:

• PUY

Puy-de-See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

Dome, S.E. by See also:

• CANTAL

Cantal, S. by See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

Lot, and W. by See also:

• DORDOGNE

Dordogne . See also:

• AREA

Area, 2273 sq. m . Pop . (1906) 317,430 . Correze is situated on the western fringe of the central See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of France . It forms a hilly tableland elevated in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, and intersected by numerous fertile See also:

• RIVER

river valleys, trending for the most See also:

• PART

part to the south and south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . The highest points, many of which exceed 3000 ft., are found in the north, where the Plateau de Millevaches separates the basins of the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire and the See also:

• GARONNE (Lat. Garumna)

Garonne . Except for a small See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the extreme north, which is watered by the Vienne, Correze belongs to the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the Garonne . The Dordogne See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters its south-eastern region . The Correze, from which the department takes its name, and the Vezere, of which the Correze is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tributary, rise in the Plateau de Millevaches, flow south-west, and unite to the west of See also:

• BRIVE

Brive . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate of Correze is, in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold, See also:

• DAMP

damp and variable, except in the south-west, where it is mild and agreeable . The See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the inhabitants live by See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture .

About one-third of the department is arable See also:

• LAND

land, most of which is found in the south-west . See also:

• RYE

Rye, See also:

• BUCKWHEAT

buckwheat and See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat (in the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order named) are the most abundant cereals . See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

Hemp, See also:

• FLAX

flax and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco are also grown . The mor, elevated regions of the north and east are given over to pasture, See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep being specially numerous on the Plateau de Millevaches . Pigs and goats are reared to a considerable extent; and poultry-farming and See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese-making are much practised . The vineyards of the neighbourhood of Brive produce See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine of See also:

• MEDIUM

medium quality . Chestnuts, largely used as an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, walnuts and See also:

• CIDER (q.v.)
• CIDER, or CYDER (from the Fr. cidre, derived from the Lat. sicera or cisera, Gr. mucepa, Heb. shade, strong drink)

cider-apples are the chief fruits . See also:

• COAL

Coal in small quantities, See also:

• SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate, See also:

• BUILDING

building-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone and other stone are the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral products, and See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, used in See also:

• POTTERIES, THE

potteries and See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile-See also:

• WORKS

works, is also worked . The most important See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment is the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government manufactory of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-arms at See also:

• TULLE

Tulle . There are See also:

• FLOUR

flour-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, breweries, oil-works, saw-mills and dye-works; and hats (See also:

• BORT, or BOART

Bort), coarse woollens, See also:

• SILK

silk, preserved foods, wooden shoes, chairs, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather are manufactured . Coal and raw materials for textile See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are leading imports; live stock and agricultural products are the chief exports . The department is served by the See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans railway, and the Dordogne is navigable .

The department is divided into the arrondissements of Tulle, Brive and Ussel, containing 29 cantons and 289 communes . It belongs to the archdiocese of See also:

• BOURGES

Bourges, the region of the XII. See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, and the Academie (educational See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division) of Clermont-See also:

• FERRAND, ANTOINE FRANCOIS CLAUDE, COMTE

Ferrand . Its See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal is at See also:

• LIMOGES

Limoges . Tulle, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, and Brive are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns of the department . Uzerche is a picturesque old See also:

• TOWN

town on the Vezere, with a Romanesque See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, old houses, a See also:

• GATE

gate and other remains of See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval fortifications . At Aubazine (or Obazine) there is a Romanesque church of the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, formerly belonging to the celebrated Cistercian See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey, of which See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Etienne "of Obazine" (d . 1159 and subsequently beatified) was the founder and first See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot . It contains the See also:

• FINE

fine sculptured See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of the founder . To the same See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style belong the abbey church of See also:

• BEAULIEU

Beaulieu, the south portal of which is elaborately carved, the abbey church of Meymac, and the abbey church of Vigeois . Treignac, with its church, See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge and ramparts of the 15th century, and See also:

• TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR

Turenne, dominated by the ruins of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of the famous See also:

• FAMILY

family of that name, are See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient and interesting towns . The dolmen at Espartignac and the cromlech of Aubazine are the chief megalithic remains in the department . A See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle and other antiquities have been found See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to Ussel, which at the end of the 16th century became the centre of the duchy of Ventadour .