Corrèze

American

[kaw-rez] / kɔˈrɛz /

noun

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

Corrèze British

/ kɔrɛz /

noun

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

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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 • Aug. 26, 2023

Jacques Chirac, first Paris mayor and then president, made much of his links to the southwestern Corrèze region.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Marc Hirschi made it third time lucky as he claimed his maiden Tour de France stage victory in Sarran Corrèze.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2020

The newspaper Le Figaro reported that Mr. Senderens died at his home in Corrèze, in southwestern France.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2017

Shortly after this, France having been divided into departments, my father was named administrator for the Corrèze and then a member of the Legislative Assembly.

From The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot by Colt, Oliver C.

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