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The Limousin - the country around Limoges - is hilly, wooded, wet and not particularly fertile: ideal pasture for the famous Limousin breed of cattle. This is herdsman's country, from where - presumably - the widespread use of the shepherd's cape known as a limousine gave its name to the big, wraparound, covered twentieth-century car. The modern Limousin region stretches south to the Dordogne valley to include Brive and Tulle . But while these places, together with Limoges itself, are not without interest, the star of the show is the countryside, especially in the east on the Plateau de Millevaches round Eymoutiers, Meymac and La Courtine . Happily, there is a mountain rail line connecting Limoges and Ussel . Although it is remote and underpopulated, there are plenty of small hotels, gites and campsites to accommodate the wanderer.
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