Bussière-Poitevine (French pronunciation: [bysjɛʁ pwatvin]; Occitan: Bussiera) is a former commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe.^[2]

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Bussière-Poitevine
Part of Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe
The church of Saint-Maurice, in Bussière-Poitevine
Coat of arms
Location of Bussière-Poitevine
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Coordinates: 46°14′11″N 0°54′20″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Bellac
Canton	Bellac
Commune	Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe
Area 1	41.71 km2 (16.10 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	835
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	87320
Elevation	122–242 m (400–794 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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The river Gartempe forms all of the commune's eastern border.

• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department