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| Country | France |
| Region | Limousin |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Tulle |
| Intercommunality | Tulle et Cœur de Corrèze |
| Mayor | Bernard Combes (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 185–460 m (607–1,510 ft) |
| Land area1 | 24.44 km2 (9.44 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 16,565 (2008) |
| - Density | 678 /km2 (1,760 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19272/ 19000 |
| Website | http://www.ville-tulle.fr/ |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 45°16′02″N 1°45′56″E / 45.267336°N 1.765537°E
Tulle (Occitan: Tula) is a commune and capital of the Corrèze department in the Limousin region in central France. It is also the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic diocese Bishopric of Tulle. It is the third-largest town in the Limousin region, after Limoges and Brive-la-Gaillarde.
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[edit] History
During the Hundred Years' War Tulle was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando.
[edit] Massacre by the Waffen SS in 1944
During the Second World War, the 2nd SS Division Das Reich division of the Waffen SS perpetrated a reprisal massacre of civilians in Tulle, following the killing and maiming of some 40 German soldiers in Tulle on 8 June 1944 by the Maquis Resistance Movement.
On 9 June 1944 a large number of male civilians were rounded up by the SS. Of these, 97 were randomly selected and then hanged from lamp posts and balconies in the town. Additionally, another 321 captives were sent to forced labour camps in Germany.
[edit] Tulle Prison and the Algerian War
In the last stages of the Algerian War and its aftermath, some military officers involved in armed opposition to Charles de Gaulle's evacuation of Algeria were held at Tulle. De Gaulle referred at the time to "Those idiotic generals playing ball in Tulle Prison".[1]
[edit] Population
| 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9662 | 9362 | 9153 | 8097 | 8689 | 9700 | 9669 | 10769 | 11895 | 11653 |
| 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| 12410 | 12606 | 13680 | 15342 | 16196 | 16277 | 18964 | 17374 | 17412 | 17245 |
| 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| 15942 | 13732 | 14349 | 15021 | 15617 | 18202 | 19372 | 19084 | 20016 | 20100 |
| 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 18880 | 17164 | 15496 | 15734 |
[edit] Twin towns
Tulle is twinned with:
Schorndorf, Germany
Errenteria, Spain
Bury, United Kingdom
Lousada, Portugal
Smolensk, Russia
Dueville, Italia
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Lacouture, Jean. De Gaulle: The Ruler 1945-1970. Alan Sheridan, trans. New York: W.W. Norton, 1991. ISBN 0-393-03084-9 p. 329
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- Pictures of Tulle Cathedral: [1], [2]
- The SS Massacre At Tulle in 1944
- German website re. Tulle massacre
- Penaud, Guy - "La "Das Reich" 2e SS Panzer Division" (Parcours de la division en France - 560 pages), Editions de La Lauze/Périgueux - ISBN 2 - 912032-76-8
- see also: Das Reich: The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, written by Max Hastings and a critique, [3]
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