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Vienne (river)

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where it once played a major role in the famous Limoges porcelain industry. A little way after Limoges it takes a turn to the north. En route to its confluence with the Loire, the Vienne is joined by the rivers
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The Vienne in a wooded landscape near Peyrelevade, close to its source on the Millevaches Massif
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The Vienne flows through the following departments and towns:
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dams, and it is the main river of the northern part of the
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Vienne River
Occitan


France
Plateau de Millevaches
Mouth
Loire
47°12′45″N 0°4′31″E / 47.21250°N 0.07528°E / 47.21250; 0.07528 (Loire-Vienne)
Loire
Atlantic Ocean

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Occitan
[viɲaˈno]
France
Loire
hydroelectric
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
departments
Haute-Vienne
Vienne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Corrèze
Plateau de Millevaches
Peyrelevade
Limoges
Creuse
Clain

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