1) Vienne, town, France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vienne, town, France, town (1990 pop. 30,386), Isere dept., SE France, on the Rhone River. It is a farm trade center with textile, metallurgical, and footwear industries....
2) Vienne, Council of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vienne, Council of, 1311-12, 15th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held at Vienne, France. It was convened by Pope Clement V at the behest of Philip...
3) Vienne, river, France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vienne, river, France, river, 230 mi (370 km) long, rising in the Massif Central, central France, and flowing W past Limoges, then N into the Loire near Saumur....
4) Vienne, department, France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vienne, department, France, (vyen) (KEY) , department (1990 pop. 380,900), W central France, in Poitou. Poitiers is the capital....
5) Haute-Vienne. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Haute-Vienne, (ot-vyen) (KEY) , department (1990 pop. 353,500), central France, in the Massif Central. Limoges is the capital....
6) Vienne. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A river, about 349 km (217 mi) long, of southwest-central France flowing generally northwest to the Loire River....
7) dauphin, French title. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(do´fin, Fr. dofaN´) (KEY) [Fr.,=dolphin], French title, borne first by the counts of Vienne (also called Viennois) and later by the eldest son of the king of France,...
8) Limoges. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Limoges, (lemozh´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 136,407), capital of Haute-Vienne dept., W central France, on the Vienne River. It is famous for its ceramics industry,...
9) Poitou. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..., region and former province, W France, stretching from the Atlantic coast eastward beyond the Vienne River. It now includes three departments-Vendee in the west,...
10) Poitiers. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Poitiers, (pwatya´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 82,507), capital of Vienne dept., W central France, on the Clain River. The ancient capital of Poitou, it is now an industrial,...
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