Private holiday villas and vacation rentals in Saint-Mathieu The village of St Mathieu sits in the western corner of the Haute Vienne, just a few kilometers from the Charante to the north-west and the Dordogne to the south. It's a farming community with its focus on the rearing of the famous Limousine beef cattle. The cattle can be seen in the fields all year round, their winter grazing supplemented by hay and maize silage grown during the spring and summer months.