Vienne
French department
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Summary
Vienne is a department of France[1]. Vienne draws 2,618 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #59 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nouvelle-Aquitaine[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Alain Pichon[5]
- Capital: Poitiers[6]
- Shares border with: Charente[7], Deux-Sèvres[8], Haute-Vienne[9], Indre[10], Indre-et-Loire[11], Maine-et-Loire[12]
- Named after: Vienne[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Châtellerault[14], arrondissement of Montmorillon[15], arrondissement of Poitiers[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Wrocław[17]
- Commons category: Vienne[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[19], UTC+02:00[20]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[21]
- Highest point: Q26839021[22]
- Official website: http://www.vienne.pref.gouv.fr/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vienne (department)[24]
- Commons gallery: Vienne[25]
- Population: 428,447[26], 434,887[27], 436,876[28], 437,586[29], 438,435[30], 439,332[31], 439,385[32], 438,688[33], 438,897[34]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[35]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38]
- Official name: Vienne[39]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de la Vienne[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Vienne[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Vienne[42]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Vienne (department)[43]
- Area: 6990 km²[44]
- Geography of topic: geography of Vienne[45]
Why It Matters
Vienne has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Vienne is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]