Question: what is the southern region of france called
Answer: % of the former province of Brittany , abolished 1790 Loïg Chesnais - Girard ( PS ) Centre - Val de Loire Centre - Val de Loire Orléans 24 Translating to `` Centre -- Loire Valley , '' the region 's name has no historic basis , but is geographically located in north - central France and straddles the middle of the Loire Valley François Bonneau ( PS ) Île - de-France Île - de-France Paris 11 The modern region encompasses much of the former province of Île - de-France , abolished 1790 Valérie Pécresse ( LR ) Occitanie Occitanie Occitan : Occitània Catalan : Occitània Toulouse 76 Encompasses much of the southern areas of France where Occitan , or langue d'oc , dialects are spoken ; is a merger of the Languedoc - Roussillon and Midi - Pyrénées regions .