Limousin

This article is about the administrative region from 1960 to 2015. For other uses, see Limousin (disambiguation).

Limousin Lemosin (Occitan)
Region of France
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 45.68795°N 1.620483°E / 45.68795; 1.620483
Country	France
Dissolved	2016-01-01
Prefecture	Limoges
Departments	3 Corrèze (19) Creuse (23) Haute-Vienne (87)
Government
• President	Gérard Vandenbroucke (PS)
Area INSEE
• Total	16,942 km2 (6,541 sq mi)
Population  (2010-01-01)
• Total	742,770
• Density	43.842/km2 (113.55/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	€23.258 billion (2024)
• Per capita	€31,904 (2024)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-L
NUTS Region	FR6
Website	(in French)cr-limousin.fr

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Limousin (French pronunciation: [limuzɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Lemosin [lemuˈzi]) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. Named after the old province of Limousin, the administrative region was founded in 1960. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Situated mostly in the west side of south-central French Massif Central, Limousin had (in 2010) 742,770 inhabitants spread out on nearly 17,000 km² (6,600 square miles), making it the least populated region of metropolitan France.

Forming part of the southwest of the country, Limousin was bordered by the regions of Centre-Val de Loire to the north, Auvergne to the east, Midi-Pyrénées to the south, Aquitaine to the southwest, and Poitou-Charentes to the west. Limousin was also part of the larger historical Occitania region.