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Occitanie

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Occitanie
Occitania    ( Occitan )
Region of France
Flag of Occitanie
Flag
Coat of arms of Occitanie
Coat of arms
Country   France
Prefecture Toulouse
Departments
13
Government
 ?  President of the Regional Council Carole Delga ( PS )
Area
 ? Total 72,724 km 2 (28,079 sq mi)
Population
  (2015)
 ? Total 5,774,185
 ? Density 79/km 2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym Occitans
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET )
 ? Summer ( DST ) UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
ISO 3166 code FR-OCC
GDP  () Ranked
Total € billion (US$ bn)
Per capita € (US$)

Occitanie ( Occitan : Occitania , Catalan : Occitania ) is an administrative region of France . It was created on 1 January 2016 from the former French regions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrenees .

The name in French , Occitanie, was approved as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016. [1]

The new Occitanie Region is the main part of a wider cultural entity known as Occitania . This wider region once included part of Spain (Aran Valley), and Monaco , and parts of Italy (the Occitan Valleys and Guardia Piemontese). This wider area used to speak Occitan as their first language.

Geography [ change | change source ]

The Occitanie region is the third largest region of France, after Nouvelle-Aquitaine and French Guiana , and the second of Metropolitan France with an area of 72,723.5 km 2 (28,079 sq mi). It is in southern France (the Midi ) and borders to the south with Spain and Andorra ; it also borders three French regions: Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the west, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes to the north, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur to the east. The Mediterranean Sea is to the southeast.

Its capital , Toulouse , is at 590 km (367 mi) to the southwest of Paris , the national capital, at 405 km (252 mi) to the west of Marseille , at 245 km (152 mi) to the southeast of Bordeaux and at 395 km (245 mi) to the north of Barcelona (Spain).

Rivers [ change | change source ]

There are two main drainage basin in the region; some rivers in those basins are:

  • Garonne river is 522 km (324 mi) long but, in the region it is 250 km (160 mi) long, more than half its total length . [2]

Mountains [ change | change source ]

The Pic Vignemale ( 42°46′26″N 0°8′51″E  /  42.77389°N 0.14750°E  / 42.77389; 0.14750  ( Vignemale ) ), at 3,299 m (10,823 ft), is the highest mountain of the Occitanie region; it is on the border with Spain. [3] It is in the Pyrenees National Park .

The highest point of the different departments of the Occitanie region are: [4]

Department Mountain Elevation
Ariege Pica d'Estats 3,142 m (10,308 ft)
Aude Pic de Madres 2,469 m (8,100 ft)
Aveyron Signal de Mailhe-Biau 1,463 m (4,800 ft)
Gard Mont Aigoual 1,565 m (5,135 ft)
Haute-Garonne Perdiguero 3,221 m (10,568 ft)
Gers Mont de Chapelle Saint Roch 377 m (1,237 ft)
Herault Valbonne 1,151 m (3,776 ft)
Lot Signal de Labastide-du-Haut-Mont 783 m (2,569 ft)
Lozere Mont Lozere 1,699 m (5,574 ft)
Hautes-Pyrenees Pic Vignemale 3,299 m (10,823 ft)
Pyrenees-Orientales Pic Carlit 2,921 m (9,583 ft)
Tarn Puech de Rascas 1,270 m (4,170 ft)
Tarn-et-Garonne Puech des Carts-Sommet Nord 504 m (1,654 ft)

Departments [ change | change source ]

The Occitanie region is formed by 13 departments :

ISO
3166-2 		Shield Department Prefecture Arr. Cant. Comm. Population
(2014) [5] 		Area
(km²) 		Density
(Inh./km²)
FR-09 Ariege Foix 3 13 332 152,574 4,889.9 31.2
FR-11 Aude Carcassonne 3 19 436 365,478 6,139.0 59.5
FR-12 Aveyron Rodez 3 23 286 278,644 8,735.1 31.9
FR-30 Gard Nimes 3 23 353 736,029 5,852.8 125.8
FR-31 Haute-Garonne Toulouse 3 27 589 1,317,668 6,309.3 208.8
FR-32 Gers Auch 3 17 462 190,625 6,256.8 30.5
FR-34 Herault Montpellier 3 25 343 1,107,398 6,101.0 181.5
FR-46 Lot Cahors 3 17 326 173,648 5,216.5 33.3
FR-48 Lozere Mende 2 13 176 76,360 5,166.9 14.8
FR-65 Hautes-Pyrenees Tarbes 3 17 470 228,950 4,464.0 51.3
FR-66 Pyrenees-Orientales      Perpignan 3 17 226 466,327 4,116.0 113.3
FR-81 Tarn Albi 2 23 320 384,474 5,757.9 66.8
FR-82 Tarn-et-Garonne Montauban 2 30 195 252,578 3,718.3 67.9
Total of the Region 36 264 4,514 5,730,753 72,723.5 78.8

Arr. = Arrondissements           Cant. = Cantons           Comm. = Communes

Demographics [ change | change source ]

The Occitanie region had a population, in 2014, of 5,730,753, for a population density of 78.8 inhabitants/km 2 .

Le Capitole , Toulouse

The important cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants (2014) in the region are:

INSEE
code 		City Department Population
(2014)
31555 Toulouse Haute-Garonne 466,297
34172 Montpellier Herault 275,318
30189 Nimes Gard 151,075
66136 Perpignan Pyrenees-Orientales 120,605
34032 Beziers Herault 75,701
82121 Montauban Tarn-et-Garonne 58,826
11262 Narbonne Aude 52,855
81004 Albi Tarn 49,531
11069 Carcassonne Aude 45,941
34301 Sete Herault 44,136
81065 Castres Tarn 41,382
65440 Tarbes Hautes-Pyrenees 40,900
30007 Ales Gard 39,993
31149 Colomiers Haute-Garonne 38,541
31557 Tournefeuille Haute-Garonne 26,674
34003 Agde Herault 26,111
31395 Muret Haute-Garonne 24,975
34145 Lunel Herault 24,873
12202 Rodez Aveyron 24,088
31069 Blagnac Haute-Garonne 23,416
34108 Frontignan Herault 22,896
12145 Millau Aveyron 22,064
32013 Auch Gers 21,807

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References [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ "Decret n° 2016-1264 du 28 septembre 2016 portant fixation du nom et du chef-lieu de le region Occitanie" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr . Retrieved 11 October 2016 .
  2. ↑ "La Garonne (O---0000)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'acces aux referentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 11 October 2016 .
  3. ↑ "Pic Vignemale, France/Spain" . Peakbagger.com . Retrieved 11 October 2016 .
  4. ↑ "France Department High Points" . Peakbagger.com . Retrieved 11 October 2016 .
  5. ↑ "Populations legales 2014 des departements et des collectivites d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des etudes economiques - INSEE . Retrieved 6 January 2017 .

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