Occitania (administrative region)

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Occitania
Flag of the Occitania Region (administrative region) Coat of arms of the Occitania region (administrative region)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Bretagne Bretagne Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Centre-Val de Loire Grand Est Île-de-France Korsika Okzitanien Hauts-de-France Normandie Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurLocation of the Occitania region (administrative region) in France
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Basic data
Country FranceFrance France
prefecture Toulouse
President of the Regional Council Carole Delga ( PS )
population 5,683,878 (2013)
Population density 78.1 inhabitants per km²
surface 72,760 km²
Departments 13
Arrondissements 36
Community associations 165
Cantons 249
Communities 4,454
ISO-3166-2 code FR-OCC

Relief map of the Occitania region (administrative region)

Occitania , that (French L'Occitanie , Occitan Occitània [utsitanjɔ], Catalan Occitània [uksitanjə]) is the name of the French region that on 1 January 2016 through the merger of the regions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrenees arose. The name creates a reference to Occitania , which, however, as a traditional language area of ​​the Occitan language, extends beyond the boundaries of today's administrative region. Members of the Catalan ethnic group also live in the south .

Naming

In a non-binding referendum from May 9 to June 10, 2016, the region name Occitanie prevailed by a large margin , with 44.9% of the votes cast. The Languedoc-Pyrénées proposal came in second place with 17.9% and Pyrénées-Méditerranée came third with 15.3% . Occitanie-Pays Catalan received 12.1%, followed by Languedoc in fifth place with 10% of the vote . On June 24, 2016, the regional council voted with broad approval for the name Occitanie with the subtitle Pyrénées-Méditerranée and the immediate use of the new name. Formally, however, the new name had to be put into effect by the French Council of State .

structure

Occitania is the second largest region with 72,724 km² (excluding overseas regions) and has 5,683,878 inhabitants (as of 2013), making it the fifth largest region in terms of population. It is divided into the 13 departments Ariège , Aude , Aveyron , Gard , Gers , Haute-Garonne , Hautes-Pyrénées , Hérault , Lot , Lozère , Pyrénées-Orientales , Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne . It borders (clockwise) on the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions , on Spain and Andorra and on the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region .

The administrative seat of the region is Toulouse .

Cities

The most populous cities in the Occitania region are:

city Inhabitants (year) Department
Toulouse 479,553 (2017) Haute-Garonne
Montpellier 285,121 (2017) Herault
Nîmes 150,610 (2017) Gard
Perpignan 120,158 (2017) Pyrénées-Orientales
Beziers 77,177 (2017) Herault
Montauban 60,810 (2017) Tarn-et-Garonne
Narbonne 54,700 (2017) Aude
Albi 48,970 (2017) Camouflage
Carcassonne 46,031 (2017) Aude
Sète 43,229 (2017) Herault

politics

Political structure

The Occitania region is divided into 13 departments :

OZ = Ordinal number of the department         Arr. = Number of arrondissements        According to = Number of municipalities
W. = Coat of arms of the department Kant. = Number of cantons
ISO = ISO-3166-2 code GV = Number of municipal associations
OZ W. Department prefecture ISO Arr. GV Kant. According to Residents
January 1, 2017
Area
(km²)
Density
(inh / km²)
09 Coat of arms of the Ariège department Ariège Foix FR-09 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000008.00000000008th 000000000000013.000000000013 000000000000327.0000000000327 000000000153153.0000000000153.153 000000000004890.00000000004,890 31
11 Coat of arms of the Aude department Aude Carcassonne FR-11 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000010.000000000010 000000000000019.000000000019th 000000000000433.0000000000433 000000000370260.0000000000370.260 000000000006140.00000000006.140 60
12 Coat of arms of the Aveyron department Aveyron Rodez FR-12 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000020.000000000020th 000000000000023.000000000023 000000000000285.0000000000285 000000000279206.0000000000279.206 000000000008735.00000000008,735 32
30th Coat of arms of the Gard department Gard Nîmes FR-30 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000023.000000000023 000000000000351.0000000000351 000000000744178.0000000000744.178 000000000005853.00000000005,853 127
31 Coat of arms of the Haute-Garonne department Haute-Garonne Toulouse FR-31 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000019.000000000019th 000000000000027.000000000027 000000000000586.0000000000586 000000001362672.00000000001,362,672 000000000006315.00000000006.315 216
32 Coat of arms of the Gers department Gers Also FR-32 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000461.0000000000461 000000000191091.0000000000191.091 000000000006257.00000000006,257 31
34 Coat of arms of the Hérault department Herault Montpellier FR-34 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000025.000000000025th 000000000000342.0000000000342 000000001144892.00000000001,144,892 000000000006129.00000000006.129 187
46 Coat of arms of the Lot department Lot Cahors FR-46 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000010.000000000010 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000313.0000000000313 000000000173828.0000000000173,828 000000000005217.00000000005,217 33
48 Coat of arms of the Lozère department Lozère Mende FR-48 000000000000002.00000000002 000000000000011.000000000011 000000000000013.000000000013 000000000000152.0000000000152 000000000076601.000000000076,601 000000000005168.00000000005,168 15th
65 Coat of arms of the Hautes-Pyrénées department Hautes-Pyrénées Tarbes FR-65 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000010.000000000010 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000469.0000000000469 000000000228530.0000000000228,530 000000000004464.00000000004,464 51
66 Coat of arms of the Pyrénées-Orientales department Pyrénées-Orientales Perpignan FR-66 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000012.000000000012 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000226.0000000000226 000000000474452.0000000000474.452 000000000004116.00000000004.116 115
81 Coat of arms of the Tarn department Camouflage Albi FR-81 000000000000002.00000000002 000000000000016.000000000016 000000000000023.000000000023 000000000000314.0000000000314 000000000387890.0000000000387,890 000000000005758.00000000005,758 67
82 Coat of arms of the Tarn-et-Garonne department Tarn-et-Garonne Montauban FR-82 000000000000002.00000000002 000000000000010.000000000010 000000000000015.000000000015th 000000000000195.0000000000195 000000000258349.0000000000258,349 000000000003718.00000000003,718 69
total 000000000000036.000000000036 000000000000165.0000000000165 000000000000249.0000000000249 000000000004454.00000000004,454 5,845,102 000000000072760.000000000072,760 80
Arrondissements in the Occitania region
Cantons in the Occitania region
Associations of municipalities in the Occitania region

Regional council

Result of the election of the regional council on December 13, 2015:

Web links

Commons : Occitania (administrative region)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Occitanie fait la course en tete on herault-tribune.com , June 16, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016
  2. La région Languedoc-Roussillon / Midi-Pyrénées s'appelle désormais Occitanie (The region is now called Occitanie), in LaDepeche.fr , June 24, 2016.
  3. Résultats régionales 2015 - Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes (ARA) on linternaute.com, accessed on January 6, 2016