Midi-Pyrénées

Also known as Midi-Pyrenees, Middle Pyrenees

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.

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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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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

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Geographical composition
Elements of unity
Demographics
Identity
Economy of Midi-Pyrénées
Merger with Languedoc-Roussillon
Major communities
See also
Notes
External links

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.