Occitanie

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

The name in French, Occitanie, was approved as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016.

The new Occitanie Region is the main part of a wider cultural entity known as **Occitania**. This wider region once included part of Spain (Aran Valley), and Monaco, and parts of Italy (the Occitan Valleys and Guardia Piemontese). This wider area used to speak Occitan as their first language.

## 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 . 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  to the southwest of  Paris, the national capital, at  to the west of Marseille, at  to the southeast of Bordeaux and at  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  long but, in the region it is  long, more than half its total length.
        - Tarn
            - Aveyron
            - Agout
        - Lot
        - Ariège
        - Gers

- Mediterranean basin
    - Tech
    - Têt
    - Agly
    - Aude
    - Rhône

### Mountains

The Pic Vignemale (), at , 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:
|Department|Mountain|Elevation|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Ariège|Pica d'Estats||
|Aude|Pic de Madrès||
|Aveyron|Signal de Mailhe-Biau||
|Gard|Mont Aigoual||
|Haute-Garonne|Perdiguero||
|Gers|Mont de Chapelle Saint Roch||
|Hérault|Valbonne||
|Lot|Signal de Labastide-du-Haut-Mont||
|Lozère|Mont Lozère||
|Hautes-Pyrénées|Pic Vignemale||
|Pyrénées-Orientales|Pic Carlit||
|Tarn|Puech de Rascas||
|Tarn-et-Garonne|Puech des Carts-Sommet Nord||

## Departments

The Occitanie region is formed by 13 departments:

|ISO 3166-2|Shield|Department|Prefecture|Arr.|Cant.|Comm.|Population <small>(2014)</small>|Width=60px|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Density <small>(Inh./km²)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|FR-09|align="center"||align="left"|Ariège|align="left"|Foix|3|13|332|152,574|4,889.9||
|align="center"|FR-11|align="center"||align="left"|Aude|align="left"|Carcassonne|3|19|436|365,478|6,139.0||
|align="center"|FR-12|align="center"||align="left"|Aveyron|align="left"|Rodez|3|23|286|278,644|8,735.1||
|align="center"|FR-30|align="center"||align="left"|Gard|align="left"|Nîmes|3|23|353|736,029|5,852.8||
|align="center"|FR-31|align="center"||align="left"|Haute-Garonne|align="left"|Toulouse|3|27|589|1,317,668|6,309.3||
|align="center"|FR-32|align="center"||align="left"|Gers|align="left"|Auch|3|17|462|190,625|6,256.8||
|align="center"|FR-34|align="center"||align="left"|Hérault|align="left"|Montpellier|3|25|343|1,107,398|6,101.0||
|align="center"|FR-46|align="center"||align="left"|Lot|align="left"|Cahors|3|17|326|173,648|5,216.5||
|align="center"|FR-48|align="center"||align="left"|Lozère|align="left"|Mende|2|13|176|76,360|5,166.9||
|align="center"|FR-65|align="center"||align="left"|Hautes-Pyrénées|align="left"|Tarbes|3|17|470|228,950|4,464.0||
|align="center"|FR-66|align="center"||align="left"|Pyrénées-Orientales|align="left"|Perpignan|3|17|226|466,327|4,116.0||
|align="center"|FR-81|align="center"||align="left"|Tarn|align="left"|Albi|2|23|320|384,474|5,757.9||
|align="center"|FR-82|align="center"||align="left"|Tarn-et-Garonne|align="left"|Montauban|2|30|195|252,578|3,718.3||
|align="center" colspan=4|**Total of the Region**|**36**|**264**|**4,514**|**5,730,753**|**72,723.5**|****|||||||
_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/km<sup>2</sup>.

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

|INSEE code|City|Department|Population <small>(2014)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31555|Toulouse|Haute-Garonne|466,297|
|34172|Montpellier|Hérault|275,318|
|30189|Nîmes|Gard|151,075|
|66136|Perpignan|Pyrénées-Orientales|120,605|
|34032|Béziers|Hérault|75,701|
|82121|Montauban|Tarn-et-Garonne|58,826|
|11262|Narbonne|Aude|52,855|
|81004|Albi|Tarn|49,531|
|11069|Carcassonne|Aude|45,941|
|34301|Sète|Hérault|44,136|
|81065|Castres|Tarn|41,382|
|65440|Tarbes|Hautes-Pyrénées|40,900|
|30007|Alès|Gard|39,993|
|31149|Colomiers|Haute-Garonne|38,541|
|31557|Tournefeuille|Haute-Garonne|26,674|
|34003|Agde|Hérault|26,111|
|31395|Muret|Haute-Garonne|24,975|
|34145|Lunel|Hérault|24,873|
|12202|Rodez|Aveyron|24,088|
|31069|Blagnac|Haute-Garonne|23,416|
|34108|Frontignan|Hérault|22,896|
|12145|Millau|Aveyron|22,064|
|32013|Auch|Gers|21,807|

## Related pages

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

## Other websites

- Official website of the region
- Prefecture of the region

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Occitanie
- **native name lang**: fr
- **settlement type**: Regions of France, Region of France
- **image flag**: Flag_of_Région_Occitanie_Perpinyà_variation.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **image shield**: Blason région fr Occitanie.svg
- **image map**: Occitanie in France 2016.svg
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **seat type**: Prefectures in France, Prefecture
- **seat**: Toulouse
- **parts type**: Departments of France, Departments
- **parts style**: list
- **parts**: 13
- **p1**: Ariège (department), Ariège (09)
- **p2**: Aude (11)
- **p3**: Aveyron (12)
- **p4**: Gard (30)
- **p5**: Gers (32)
- **p6**: Haute-Garonne (31)
- **p7**: Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
- **p8**: Hérault (34)
- **p9**: Lot (department), Lot (46)
- **p10**: Lozère (48)
- **p11**: Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
- **p12**: Tarn (department), Tarn (81)
- **p13**: Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
- **leader party**: Socialist Party (France), PS
- **leader title**: President of the Regional Council (France), President of the Regional Council
- **leader name**: Carole Delga
- **area total km2**: 72724
- **population total**: 5774185
- **population as of**: 2015
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Occitans
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +01:00
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +02:00
- **blank name sec1**: Gross domestic product, GDP ()
- **blank info sec1**: List of French regions and overseas collectivities by GDP, Ranked
- **blank1 name sec1**: Total
- **blank1 info sec1**: € billion (US$ bn)
- **blank2 name sec1**: Per capita
- **blank2 info sec1**: € (US$)
- **blank name sec2**: First level NUTS of the European Union#France, NUTS Region
- **iso code**: FR-OCC