Occitanie
Occitanie
Occitània (Occitan) | |
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Country | ![]() |
Prefecture | Toulouse |
Departments | 13
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Government | |
• President of the Regional Council | Carole Delga (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 72,724 km2 (28,079 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 5,774,185 |
• Density | 79/km2 (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: Occitània, Catalan: Occitània) is an administrative region of France. It was created on 1 January 2016 from the former French regions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées.
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 km2 (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-Rhône-Alpes to the north, Provence-Alpes-Côte 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:
- Atlantic basin
- Mediterranean basin
Mountains
[change | change source]The Pic Vignemale (42°46′26″N 0°8′51″E / 42.77389°N 0.14750°E), 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 Pyrénées National Park.
The highest point of the different departments of the Occitanie region are:[4]
Department | Mountain | Elevation |
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Ariège | Pica d'Estats | 3,142 m (10,308 ft) |
Aude | Pic de Madrès | 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) |
Hérault | Valbonne | 1,151 m (3,776 ft) |
Lot | Signal de Labastide-du-Haut-Mont | 783 m (2,569 ft) |
Lozère | Mont Lozère | 1,699 m (5,574 ft) |
Hautes-Pyrénées | Pic Vignemale | 3,299 m (10,823 ft) |
Pyrénées-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 | ![]() |
Ariège | 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 | Nîmes | 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 | ![]() |
Hérault | 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 | ![]() |
Lozère | Mende | 2 | 13 | 176 | 76,360 | 5,166.9 | 14.8 |
FR-65 | ![]() |
Hautes-Pyrénées | Tarbes | 3 | 17 | 470 | 228,950 | 4,464.0 | 51.3 |
FR-66 | ![]() |
Pyrénées-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/km2.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Toulouse_Capitole_Night_Wikimedia_Commons.jpg/400px-Toulouse_Capitole_Night_Wikimedia_Commons.jpg)
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 | Hérault | 275,318 |
30189 | Nîmes | Gard | 151,075 |
66136 | Perpignan | Pyrénées-Orientales | 120,605 |
34032 | Béziers | Hérault | 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 | Sète | Hérault | 44,136 |
81065 | Castres | Tarn | 41,382 |
65440 | Tarbes | Hautes-Pyrénées | 40,900 |
30007 | Alès | Gard | 39,993 |
31149 | Colomiers | Haute-Garonne | 38,541 |
31557 | Tournefeuille | Haute-Garonne | 26,674 |
34003 | Agde | Hérault | 26,111 |
31395 | Muret | Haute-Garonne | 24,975 |
34145 | Lunel | Hérault | 24,873 |
12202 | Rodez | Aveyron | 24,088 |
31069 | Blagnac | Haute-Garonne | 23,416 |
34108 | Frontignan | Hérault | 22,896 |
12145 | Millau | Aveyron | 22,064 |
32013 | Auch | Gers | 21,807 |
Gallery
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Massif of Tabe, Ariège
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The Garonne river in Toulouse
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Middle Lake of Bastan, Hautes-Pyrénées
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Lot river in Lot
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Décret n° 2016-1264 du 28 septembre 2016 portant fixation du nom et du chef-lieu de le région Occitanie" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "La Garonne (O---0000)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Pic Vignemale, France/Spain". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "France Department High Points". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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