Aquitaine

Aquitaine (French pronunciation: ​[akitɛn], Occitan: Aquitània, [akiˈtanjɔ], Basque: Akitania), archaic Guyenne/Guienne (Occitan: Guiana), is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce, in the sooth-wastren pairt o metropolitan Fraunce, alang the Atlantic Ocean an the Pyrenees muntain range on the border wi Spain. It comprises the 5 depairtments o Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes an Gironde. In the Middle Ages Aquitaine wis a kinrick an a duchy, whose bundaries fluctuatit considerably. Demographics Aquitaine consists o 3,150,890 inhabitants equivalent tae 6% o the total French population. Sport The region is hame tae mony successful sports teams. In particular wirth mentionin are: Football FC Girondins de Bordeaux, ane o Fraunce's maist successful association fitbaa teams. Pau FC FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin Rugby Union is pairticularly popular in the region. Clubs include: SU Agen Aviron Bayonnais Biarritz Olympique, runners-up in the 2005-6 Heineken Cup. Union Bordeaux-Bègles Section Paloise US Dax Basketball Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez ane o the mait successful French basketbaw clubs Bull-fechtin is an aw popular in the region. Major Surfin championships regularly tak place on Aquitaine's coast. See an aw Aquitania Basque fowk Basque Kintra (greater region) Bordeaux wine regions Gascony Occitania Notes Freemit airtins (in French) Regional Cooncil o Aquitaine Archived 2016-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis) Aquitaine at Curlie (in Inglis) Short guide to Aquitaine with main tourist attractions CSfrance.amb-usa.fr Archived 2006-07-24 at the Wayback Machine