Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne (; , ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture an ...
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...
region
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in west-central
France
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Personalities
Royères was the birthplace of the Dominican inquisitor,
Bishop of Lodève
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and prolific author
Bernard Gui
Bernard Gui (), also known as Bernardo Gui or Bernardus Guidonis (c. 1261/62 – 30 December 1331), was a Limousin Dominican friar, Bishop of Lodève, and a papal inquisitor during the later stages of the Medieval Inquisition.
Biography
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, circa 1261.
See also
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Communes of the Haute-Vienne department
The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Royères at General Annuaires France
Communes of Haute-Vienne
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