Tulle
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A view in front of the cathedral in Tulle
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 45°16′02″N 1°45′56″E / 45.2673°N 1.7655°ECoordinates: 45°16′02″N 1°45′56″E / 45.2673°N 1.7655°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Corrèze | |
| Arrondissement | Tulle | |
| Intercommunality | Tulle et Cœur de Corrèze | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2020) | Bernard Combes (PS) | |
| Area1 | 24.44 km2 (9.44 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 15,396 | |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19272 / 19000 | |
| Elevation | 185–460 m (607–1,509 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Tulle (French: [tyl]; Occitan: Tula [ˈtylɔ]) is a commune and capital of the Corrèze département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. It is also the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulle. It is the third-largest town in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, after Limoges and Brive-la-Gaillarde.
Known sometimes as "the town on the seven hills", Tulle rose to prominence through the development of its manufacturing sector.
Initially, the Gauls settled an oppidum at the site of what is now the Puy St Clair because it was a site surrounded by cliffs and so easy to get off. After the conquest, the city moved downwards, to the Trech district and the Romans established a temple to honor Tutela, goddess of protection of property and persons. The name of the city comes from this goddess. She was honoured here because it was a ford over the Corrèze where passed a very old road between Brittany and the Mediterranean sea. In the seventh century was built a monastery dedicated to St. Michael. The local population settled around the buildings. The first monastery, destroyed by the Viking invasions in 846, was rebuilt but disappeared in the eleventh century.
New construction was built, and Pope Urban II, who was in Tulle in 1095, grants protection. The first stone of the new abbey was laid in 1130; the building was not completed until two centuries later. In 1317, Pope John XXII created the Diocese of Tulle; the abbey became a cathedral.
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