Tulle (tūl, Fr. tül), town (1990 pop. 18,685), capital of Corrèze dept., S central France. Firearms and other goods are made there. Tulle was built around a 7th-century monastery. It gave its name to tulle cloth, first manufactured in the town. There is an important military school.
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Coordinates: 45°16′02″N 1°45′56″E / 45.267336°N 1.765537°E
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Commune of Tulle |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Limousin |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Tulle |
| Mayor | Bernard Combes (PS) (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 185–460 m (610–1,510 ft) (avg. 212 m/700 ft) |
| Land area1 | 24.44 km2 (9.44 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 15,553 (1999) |
| - Density | 636 /km2 (1,650 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 19272/ 19000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Tulle (Occitan: Tula) is a commune of France, capital of the Corrèze department in the Limousin region in central France and the episcopal see of the eponymous Roman Catholic diocese, the Bishopric of Tulle. It is the third-largest town in the Limousin region, after Limoges and Brive-la-Gaillarde.
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History
During the Hundred Years' War Tulle was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando.
Massacre by the Waffen SS in 1944
Main article: Tulle murders
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 brutally 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.
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]
See also
- Tulle Cathedral
- For the ecclesiastical history, Bishopric of Tulle.
- Tulle Murders
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
Twin towns
Tulle is twinned with:
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- 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, http://www.oradour.info/appendix/landwehr.htm
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