Occitania (administrative region)

Occitania
Basic data
Country	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		Ariège	Foix	FR-09	3	8th	13	327	153.153	4,890	31
11		Aude	Carcassonne	FR-11	3	10	19th	433	370.260	6.140	60
12		Aveyron	Rodez	FR-12	3	20th	23	285	279.206	8,735	32
30th		Gard	Nîmes	FR-30	3	17th	23	351	744.178	5,853	127
31		Haute-Garonne	Toulouse	FR-31	3	19th	27	586	1,362,672	6.315	216
32		Gers	Also	FR-32	3	17th	17th	461	191.091	6,257	31
34		Herault	Montpellier	FR-34	3	17th	25th	342	1,144,892	6.129	187
46		Lot	Cahors	FR-46	3	10	17th	313	173,828	5,217	33
48		Lozère	Mende	FR-48	2	11	13	152	76,601	5,168	15th
65		Hautes-Pyrénées	Tarbes	FR-65	3	10	17th	469	228,530	4,464	51
66		Pyrénées-Orientales	Perpignan	FR-66	3	12	17th	226	474.452	4.116	115
81		Camouflage	Albi	FR-81	2	16	23	314	387,890	5,758	67
82		Tarn-et-Garonne	Montauban	FR-82	2	10	15th	195	258,349	3,718	69
total					36	165	249	4,454	5,845,102	72,760	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:

• List Carole Delga (Union de la Gauche from PS , PRG , EELV and FG ): 44.81% = 1,093,091 votes, 93 seats
• List Louis Aliot ( FN ): 33.87% = 826,114 votes, 40 seats
• List Dominique Reynié (Union de la Droite from LR and UDI ): 21.32% = 520,028 votes, 25 seats

See also : List of Presidents of French Regional Councils

Web links

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

• Occitania Region website (French)

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