Saint-Victurnien

Saint-Victurnien
Commune
The Saint-Victurnien railway station, on the Limoges-Angoulême line

Coat of arms
Saint-Victurnien
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Saint-Victurnien
Coordinates: 45°52′42″N 1°00′51″E / 45.8783°N 1.0142°E / 45.8783; 1.0142Coordinates: 45°52′42″N 1°00′51″E / 45.8783°N 1.0142°E / 45.8783; 1.0142
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Rochechouart
Canton Saint-Junien
Intercommunality Vienne Glane
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean Duchambon
Area1 21.04 km2 (8.12 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,691
  Density 80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 87185 /87420
Elevation 172–323 m (564–1,060 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Victurnien (Occitan: Sent Vertunian) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Its inhabitants are called Saint-Victurniauds.

The village is the only one between Saint-Junien and Aixe-sur-Vienne which extends over both banks of the river Vienne. It is located 10 km east of Saint-Junien and 20 km west of Limoges.


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