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Occitania

Also known as Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, Occitanie, FR-OCC

administrative region of France

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Occitania is an administrative region in southern France that was created in 2016 by combining several smaller regions. It matters as a significant economic and cultural area of France, encompassing major cities and diverse landscapes from the Mediterranean coast to the Pyrenees mountains.

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Funder, Government
Founded: 2014
Location: Toulouse, France
Also known as: Occitania, Région Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée
Status: Active

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Official website

Région Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Population: 6124653
Area: 72724
Official website: www.laregion.fr
Image: Carcassonne aéroport, panneau Occitanie-La Région.jpg

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Commons category: Occitanie
start time: 2016-01-01
social media followers: 6890
native label: Occitània
nickname: Pyrénées-Méditerranée
annual number of weddings: 20190
external data available at URL: data.laregion.fr
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Occitania (French: Occitanie [ɔksitani] ; Occitan: Occitània [utsiˈtanjɔ]; Catalan: Occitània [uksiˈtaniə]) is the southernmost administrative region of metropolitan France excluding Corsica, located in the south of the country, created on 1 January 2016 from the former regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. The Council of State approved Occitania as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016, coming into effect on 30 September 2016.

The modern administrative region is named after the larger cultural and historical region of Occitania, which corresponds with the southern third of France. The region of Occitania as it is today covers a territory similar to that ruled by the Counts of Toulouse in the 12th and 13th centuries. The banner of arms of the Counts of Toulouse, known colloquially as the Occitan cross, is used by the modern region and is also a popular cultural symbol. In 2022, Occitania had a population of 6,080,731.