Aquitaine

Aquitaine (, , , ), 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
 Regional Cooncil o Aquitaine 


  Short guide to Aquitaine with main tourist attractions
CSfrance.amb-usa.fr 

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Category:Umwhile provinces o Fraunce
Category:Umwhile regions o Fraunce