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.