Occitania 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-Roussi
A view of Artigues in the Pyrenees
Toulouse, Occitania's prefecture and largest city
The Pont du Gard from the Roman Era, one of Occitanie's main landmarks and tourist attractions
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Occitania is the historical region in southern Europe where the Occitan language is historically spoken and where it persists today as a local language. This cultural area roughly encompasses much of
Occitania (administrative region)
…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…
Gordes, a typical Provençal village
View from a part of the old town of Toulouse, former capital of Languedoc
Port de la Lune, Bordeaux
"Speak French Be Clean," written across the wall of a Southern French school