| Blond | ||
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| Commune | ||
Fortified Church in Blond, Haute-Vienne | ||
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  Blond Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Blond | ||
| Coordinates: 46°02′44″N1°01′09″E / 46.0456°N 1.0192°E Coordinates: 46°02′44″N1°01′09″E / 46.0456°N 1.0192°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Bellac | |
| Canton | Bellac | |
| Intercommunality | Haut Limousin | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-François Perrin | |
| Area1 | 64.69 km2 (24.98 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 716 | |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87018 /87300 | |
| Elevation | 194–514 m (636–1,686 ft) (avg. 302 m or 991 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting : residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Blond (Occitan : Blom) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Occitan, also known as lenga d'òc by its native speakers, is a Romance language. It is spoken in southern France, Italy's Occitan Valleys, Monaco, and Spain's Val d'Aran; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitania. Occitan is also spoken in the linguistic enclave of Guardia Piemontese. However, there is controversy about the unity of the language, as some think that Occitan is a macrolanguage. Others include Catalan in this family, as the distance between this language and some Occitan dialects is similar to the distance among different Occitan dialects. In fact, Catalan was considered an Occitan dialect until the end of the 19th century.
The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, Gemeinden in Germany or comuni in Italy. The United Kingdom has no exact equivalent, as communes resemble districts in urban areas, but are closer to parishes in rural areas where districts are much larger. Communes are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The communes are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France.
Haute-Vienne is a French department named after the river Vienne. It is one of the 12 departments that together constitute the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The neighbouring departments are: Creuse, Corrèze, Dordogne, Charente, Vienne and Indre.
