Occitanie

Occitanie Occitània  (Occitan)
Region of France
Flag Coat of arms
Country	France
Prefecture	Toulouse
Departments	13 Ariège (09) Aude (11) Aveyron (12) Gard (30) Gers (32) Haute-Garonne (31) Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Hérault (34) Lot (46) Lozère (48) Pyrénées-Orientales (66) Tarn (81) Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
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.

1. ↑ "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.