Tulle

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Coordinates: 45°16′02″N 1°45′56″E / 45.267336, 1.765537

Commune of Tulle
Location
Tulle (France)
Tulle
Administration
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Corrèze
Intercommunality Pays de Tulle
Mayor François Hollande
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 185 m–460 m
(avg. 212 m)
Land area¹ 24.44 km²
Population²
(1999)		 15,553
 - Density 636/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 19272/ 19000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Tulle (Occitan: Tula) is a commune of France, capital of the Corrèze department in the Limousin region in central France and the episcopal see of the eponymous Roman Catholic diocese, the Bishopric of Tulle. It is the third-largest town in the Limousin region, after Limoges and Brive-la-Gaillarde.

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[edit] History

During the Hundred Years' War Tulle was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando.

[edit] Massacre by the Waffen SS in 1944

During the Second World War, the 2nd SS Division Das Reich division of the Waffen SS perpetrated a massacre of civilians in Tulle. On 9 June 1944 a large number of male civilians were rounded up by the SS. Of these, 97 were randomly selected and then hanged from lamposts and balconies in the town. Additionally, another 321 captives were sent to forced labour camps in Germany.

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Twin towns

Tulle is twinned with:

[edit] See also

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