Occitanie

Occitanie (Occitània, Occitània) is an administrative region of France that was created on 1 January 2016 from the former French regions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées was the temporary name for the region.

The name Occitania (Occitanie) was approved as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective 30 September 2016.

The new Occitanie Region should not be confused with the wider cultural entity of Occitania, of which the new administrative region is part.

Geography
The Occitanie region is the third largest region of France, after Nouvelle-Aquitaine and French Guiana, and the second of Metropolitan France with an area of 72723.5 km2. It is in southern France (the Midi) and borders to the south with Spain and Andorra; it also borders three French regions: Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the west, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to the north, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur to the east. The Mediterranean Sea is to the southeast.

Its capital, Toulouse, is at 590 km to the southwest of Paris, the national capital, at 405 km to the west of Marseille, at 245 km to the southeast of Bordeaux and at 395 km to the north of Barcelona (Spain).

Rivers
There are two main drainage basin in the region; some rivers in those basins are:
 * Atlantic basin
 * Garonne river is 522 km long but, in the region it is 250 km long, more than half its total length.
 * Tarn 381 km
 * Aveyron 290.9 km
 * Agout 194 km
 * Lot 485 km
 * Ariège 163.1 km
 * Gers 175.4 km


 * Mediterranean basin
 * Tech 84.1 km
 * Têt 115.8 km
 * Agly 81.7 km
 * Aude 224 km
 * Rhône 812 km

Mountains
The Pic Vignemale (42.77389°N, 0.1475°W), at 3299 m, is the highest mountain of the Occitanie region; it is on the border with Spain. It is in the Pyrénées National Park.

The highest point of the different departments of the Occitanie region are:

Departments
The Occitanie region is formed by 13 departments:

Arr. = Arrondissements         Cant. = Cantons          Comm. = Communes

Demographics
The Occitanie region had a population, in 2014, of 5,730,753, for a population density of inhabitants/km2.

The important cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants (2014) in the region are:

Related pages

 * Languedoc-Roussillon
 * Midi-Pyrénées
 * Regions of France
 * Occitania

Other websites

 * Official website of the region
 * Prefecture of the region