page_title: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Les chateaux et manoirs du Perigord, le chateau de La Roque en Perigord noir, ici vue d’ensemble N.E. en automne, le chateau est bati a mi coteau au-dessus d’un vallon au N.E. de Saint-Cyprien, juchee a l’extremite d’une etroite terrasse la construction s’est developpee en hauteur ce qui lui confere sa silhouette massive et imposante, les Beaumont-Beynac vendirent le chateau en 1948, il a depuis lors connu divers proprietaires et fut du XVIIIe siecle jusqu’a nos jours incessamment remanie, embelli, modernise et amenage en residence confortable, on a heureusement preserve le remarquable ensemble de fresques decorant l’oratoire, edifice protege au titre des monuments historiques, photo prise apres avoir obtenu l’autorisation du proprietaire, commune de Meyrals, Dordogne, France, Europe. This building is indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture,&#160;under the reference PA00082643 . беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| brezhoneg&#160;| català&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Ελληνικά&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| suomi&#160;| français&#160;| magyar&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| svenska&#160;| українська&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 through the merger of three regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. It covers 84,061 km² – or ​¹⁄₈ of the country – and has approximately 5,879,144 inhabitants. The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015.
  It is the largest region in France by area, with a territory slightly larger than that of Austria; even French Guiana is smaller. Its largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the 7th-largest metropolitan area of France, with 850,000 inhabitants. The region has 25 major urban areas, among which the most important after Bordeaux are Bayonne, Limoges, Poitiers, Pau, and La Rochelle, as well as 11 major clusters. The growth of its population, particularly marked on the coast, makes this one of the most attractive areas economically in France; the new region outperforms the Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in demographic dynamism.
context_section_description: Nouvelle-Aquitaine (/nuːˈvɛl ˈɑːkɪteɪn, ˈækɪ-/; French: [nuvɛl akitɛn], "New Aquitaine" ; Occitan: Nòva Aquitània [ˈnɔβo akiˈtanjo], or Novèla Aquitània [nuˈβɛlo akiˈtanjo]; Basque: Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Novéle-Aguiéne) is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 through the merger of three regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. It covers 84,061 km² (32,456 sq mi) – or ​¹⁄₈ of the country – and has approximately 5,879,144 inhabitants. (municipal population on 1 January 2012). The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015.
  It is the largest region in France by area, with a territory slightly larger than that of Austria; even French Guiana is smaller. Its largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the 7th-largest metropolitan area of France, with 850,000 inhabitants. The region has 25 major urban areas, among which the most important after Bordeaux are Bayonne (288,000 inhabitants), Limoges (283,000), Poitiers (255,000), Pau (241,000), and La Rochelle (206,000), as well as 11 major clusters. The growth of its population, particularly marked on the coast, makes this one of the most attractive areas economically in France; the new region outperforms the Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in demographic dynamism.
  After Île-de-France, New Aquitaine is the premier French region in research and innovation, with five universities (Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Limoges, Poitiers and Pau) and several Grandes Ecoles. The agricultural region of Europe with the greatest turnover, it is the French region with the most tourism jobs, as it has three of the four historic resorts on the French Atlantic coast: (Arcachon, Biarritz and Royan), as well as several ski resorts (e.g. Gourette), and is the fifth French region for business creation (all sectors).
  Its economy is based on agriculture and viticulture (vineyards of Bordeaux and Cognac), tourism, a powerful aerospace industry, digital economy and design, parachemical and pharmaceutical industries, financial sector (Niort is the fourth-largest financial center in the nation, specialising in mutual insurance companies), and industrial ceramics (Limoges).
  The new region includes major parts of Southern France ("Midi de la France"), marked by Basque, Occitan, Poitevin and Saintongeais cultures. Historically, it is the "indirect successor" to medieval Aquitaine, and extends over a large part of the former Duchy of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
caption: Chateau de La Roque
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