Midi-Pyrénées
Sign in to saveMidi-Pyrénées (; or ; ) is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Occitania. It was the largest region of Metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.
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Midi-Pyrénées was a large administrative region in southern France that ceased to exist on January 1, 2016, when it merged into the new region of Occitania. It held the distinction of being the biggest region in mainland France by area, even larger than entire countries like the Netherlands and Denmark.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Midi-Pyrénées
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- fr
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Region of France
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Midi-Pyrénées.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Arms of Languedoc.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_size
- 75px
- Settlement.image_map
- Midi-Pyrénées in France.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.extinct_title
- Dissolved
- Settlement.extinct_date
- 1 January 2016
- Settlement.seat_type
- Prefecture
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Geographical composition
- Elements of unity
- Demographics
- Identity
- Economy of Midi-Pyrénées
- Merger with Languedoc-Roussillon
- Major communities
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Midi-Pyrénées (; or ; ) is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Occitania. It was the largest region of Metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.
Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity. It is one of the regions of France created in the late 20th century to serve as a hinterland and zone of influence for its capital, Toulouse, one of a handful of so-called "balancing metropolises" (''métropoles d'équilibre). Another example of this is the region of Rhône-Alpes which was created as the region for Lyon.