Languedoc-Roussillon

**Languedoc-Roussillon** (; ) is a former administrative region of France. It is now part of the administrative region of Occitanie. It is the southernmost region of mainland France and borders to the south with Spain and Andorra.

The five departments in the region were Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère, and Pyrénées-Orientales.

Its capital was Montpellier, the largest city. In French, the name of the inhabitants of the region is _Languedocien-Roussillonnais_.

## Etymology

The name of the province of Languedoc originates from the language spoken in southern France, _langue d'oc,_ also known as _Occitan_, and Roussillon, an area in the South of present-day Languedoc-Roussillon.

## Geography

The Languedoc-Roussillon region has an area of . It bordered to the south with Spain and Andorra; to the east is the Mediterranean Sea (the _Gulf of Lion_). It also bordered four French regions: Midi-Pyrénées to the west, Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes to the north, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) to the northeast.

The highest point in Languedoc-Roussillon is Pic Carlit () in the Pyrénées-Orientales department; it is  high.

## Departments

The Languedoc-Roussillon region is formed by five departments:

|Département|Préfecture|ISO 3166-2|Population <small>(2012)</small>|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Density <small>(Inh./km²)</small>|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Aude|Carcassonne|style="text-align:center;"|FR-11|align="right"|362,339|align="right"|6,139|style="text-align:center;"||
|Gard|Nîmes|style="text-align:center;"|FR-30|align="right"|725,618|align="right"|5,853|style="text-align:center;"||
|Hérault|Montpellier|style="text-align:center;"|FR-34|align="right"|1,077,627|align="right"|6,101|style="text-align:center;"||
|Lozère|Mende|style="text-align:center;"|FR-48|align="right"|76,889|align="right"|5,167|style="text-align:center;"||
|Pyrénées-Orientales|Perpignan|style="text-align:center;"|FR-66|align="right"|457,793|align="right"|4,116|style="text-align:center;"||

## Demographics

The Languedoc-Roussillon region has a population, in 2012, of 2,700,266, for a population density of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

The 10 most important cities in the region are:

|City|Population (2012)|Départment|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Montpellier|268456|Hérault|
|Nîmes|146,709|Gard|
|Perpignan|120,489|Pyrénées-Orientales|
|Béziers|72,970|Hérault|
|Narbonne|51,869|Aude|
|Carcassonne|47,068|Aude|
|Sète|44,558|Hérault|
|Alès|41,031|Gard|
|Lunel|25,405|Hérault|
|Agde|24,651|Hérault|

## Other websites

- Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon official website
- Tourism in Languedoc-Roussillon

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Languedoc-Roussillon
- **settlement type**: Regions of France, Region of France
- **image flag**: Flag of Languedoc-Roussillon.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **image shield**: Arms of the French Region of Languedoc-Roussillon.svg
- **blank emblem size**: 75px
- **image map**: Languedoc-Roussillon in France.svg
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **extinct title**: Dissolved
- **extinct date**: 2016-01-01
- **seat type**: Prefectures in France, Prefecture
- **seat**: Montpellier
- **parts type**: Departments of France, Departments
- **parts style**: list
- **parts**: 5
- **p1**: Aude
- **p2**: Gard
- **p3**: Hérault
- **p4**: Lozère
- **p5**: Pyrénées-Orientales
- **leader party**: Miscellaneous Left, DVG
- **leader title**: President of the Regional Council (France), President
- **leader name**: Damien Alary
- **area total km2**: 27376
- **population total**: 2700266
- **population as of**: 2012-01-01
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **blank name sec1**: Gross domestic product, GDP (2012)
- **blank info sec1**: List of French regions and overseas collectivities by GDP, Ranked 10th
- **blank1 name sec1**: Total
- **blank1 info sec1**: €63.9 billion (US$82.2 bn)
- **blank2 name sec1**: Per capita
- **blank2 info sec1**: €23,566 (US$30,311)
- **blank name sec2**: First level NUTS of the European Union#France, NUTS Region
- **blank info sec2**: FR8
- **website**: [http://www.laregion.fr/ laregion.fr]
- **iso code**: FR-K