Grafschaft Foix
The historical makeup of Midi-Pyrénées is even more complex, as the provinces listed here are further subdivided into "pays"–used interchangeably in French for "country," "area," "land," etc.–each with its own particular identity, such as Armagnac, Astarac, or Lomagne inside the Gascogne part of Midi-Pyrénées, Lauragais or Volvestre inside the Languedoc part of Midi-Pyrénées, Bonezan inside County of Foix, Lavedan inside Bigorre, and so on.