Corrèze

[ kaw-rez ]

noun

1. a department in central France. 2,273 sq. mi. (5,885 sq. km). : Tulle.

Corrèze

/ kɔrɛz /

noun

1. a department of central France, in Limousin region. Capital: Tulle. Pop: 234 144 (2003 est). Area: 5888 sq km (2296 sq miles)

Example Sentences

In the lush countryside linking off radar Corrèze to the Lot region in Southwest France, almost hugging the banks of the Dordogne river, a striking 19th-century manor house recently underwent a dramatic reconstruction.

From New York Times

Astonishingly, a multicourse lunch — a recent menu included a veil of lasagna-like cauliflower gelée over sturgeon tartare; Cueillette’s own bread, rubbly with the famous Corrèze walnuts — is currently €35, or about $38, possibly the most outrageous bargain in France right now.

From New York Times

The Corrèze prefecture said that more studies would now be carried out, and "when new elements allow us to pinpoint the remains, a new effort will be made to exhume them".

From BBC

"The bodies are definitely there somewhere. We are not going to stop now," said Xavier Kompa, head of the French Veterans' Affairs Office in the Corrèze department.

From BBC

Shortly after D-Day on June 6 1944, Resistance fighters staged a kind of uprising in Tulle, capital of the Corrèze department, during which between 50 and 60 German soldiers were taken prisoner.

From BBC