Limoges (France)

Αυγουστοριτον (France)

found: Perrier, Jean. La Haute-Vienne, 1993:page 4 (Limoges; in Haute-Vienne, le Limousin) page 79 (originated on the right bank of the Vienne; historical names: Augustoritum, Αυγουστοριτον = Augoustoriton, Civitas Lemovicum, Lemovica, Lemmovix Agustoredo)

found: GEOnet, 28 November 2016(Limoges (approved); Limages (variant); geopolitical entity name: France; first-order administrative division name: Nouvelle-Aquitaine; 45° 49ʹ 54ʺ N, 001° 15ʹ 28ʺ E; 45.831534 [N], 1.257805 [E]; seat of a second-order administrative division)

found: Ville de Limoges Web site, 28 November 2016:main page (Ville de Limoges; Limoges) Portrait d'une ville (first name of Limoges: Augustoritum, founded by the Romans 10 B.C.; in 1792, the city (Cité) and the castle were officially combined into a single city (ville))

found: Wikipedia, 28 November 2016:Limoges (Limoges; Occitan: Lemòtges or Limòtges; a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin in west-central France; Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine; Arrondissement: Limoges; founded as Augustoritum by the Romans, around 10 BC; later renamed after the tribe whose chief town it was, the Lemovices; 45° 50ʹ 7.08ʺ N, 1° 15ʹ 45ʺ E; 45.8353 [N], 1.2625 [E])

found: Wikipedia, 23 November 2016:Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Nouvelle-Aquitaine; the largest administrative region in France; created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 through the merger of 3 regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes; the new region came into existence on 1 January 2016; the region's interim name, Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, was a hyphenated placename; on 27 June 2016, just a few days ahead of the 1 July deadline, the Regional council adopted Nouvelle-Aquitaine as the new region's permanent name)