Midi-Pyrénées

Midi-Pyrénées (; Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus  or Mieidia-Pirenèus) is the laorgest region in metropolitan Fraunce bi land aurie, muckler than the Netherlands or Denmark.

Midi-Pyrénées haes nae historical or geographical unity. It is ane o the regions o Fraunce creatit airtificially in the late 20t century tae serve as a hinterland an zone o influence for its caipital, Toulouse, ane o a haundful o so-cried "balancin metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre).In the 1960s, aicht lairge regional ceeties o Fraunce (Toulouse, Lille, Nancy, Strasbourg, Lyon, Nantes, Bordeaux, an Marseille) wur made "balancin metropolises", receivin special feenancial an technical help frae the French govrenment in order tae coonterbalance the excessive weight o Paris inside Fraunce. Anither example o this is the region o Rhône-Alpes which wis creatit as the region for Lyon.

The name chosen for the new region wis decidit bi the French central govrenment athoot reference tae the historical provinces (ower mony o them inside the region) an based purely on geography: Midi (i.e. "soothren Fraunce") - Pyrénées (Pyrénées muntains that serve as the region's soothren bundary). The French adjective an name o the inhabitants o the region is: Midi-Pyrénéen.

 Major communities 
Albi
Auch
Blagnac
Cahors
Castres
Colomiers
Lourdes
Millau
Montauban
Muret
Rodez
Tarbes
Toulouse
Tournefeuille

 Notes 

 Freemit airtins 

  Regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées 
 Toulouse Tourist Office

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Category:Umwhile regions o Fraunce