Place details
Place nameLimousin
Other namesPagus Lemovicinus
Latitude45.5
Longitude1.833
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area defined by a plateau; was settled by ancient Gallic Lemovices tribe; taken by Rome; ravaged by Normans in the 9th century; part of Aquitaine and went to England with Eleanor's marriage in 1152; disputed by France and England 13th-15th centuries.
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