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Occitanie or Occitania is a warm and sunny region of southern . This is a land of stark contrasts; whether it's the canal du Midi making its shady journey from rose city along the sun-drenched Languedoc plain to the Mediterranean Sea, the…
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Haute-Garonne and Toulouse.

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is a department in Occitanie. The north of the department is densely urbanized, centred on Toulouse and its urban area, while the south is rural and sparsely populated as it stretches into the Pyrenees.

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is the chief city of in the Occitanie region of France. It stands north of the Pyrenees on the River Garonne, halfway between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

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is the principal city in the region in southwest . It's been the one of the fastest growing cities in France since the 1990s.

Destinations to Discover

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is a department in the Occitania region in Southern France. Named after the river , it had a population of 389844 as of 2019. Its prefecture and largest city is ; it has a single subprefecture, .

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is a department in Occitanie, . The department is geographically very diverse, with beaches in the south, the Cévennes mountains in the north, and agricultural land in between.

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is a department in Occitanie, . Its tourist office promotes it as "Cathar country"; it was one of the main areas of Cathar influence until the Albigensian Crusade against them in the 13th century.

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, also known as , is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern frontier and the Mediterranean Sea.

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The is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019; its prefecture is . The department is named after the river .

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is in Occitanie. The area is known for its hot springs, most notably Cauterets, Luz-Saint-Sauveur and Bagnères-de-Bigorre. There are popular ski resorts such as Barèges-La Mongie, Gavarnie, Luz-Ardiden, Cauterets, Hautacam, Piau-Engaly and Saint-Lary-Soulan.

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The department of is in the Occitanie region of south-west France. It is a stunning area flanked on one side by the imposing Pyrenees, whose snow-capped peaks can often be seen, nestled within beautifully peaceful rolling countryside…

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is in the Occitanie region of France. There are many caves and chasms, often containing cave art. 85 underground diving sites are listed there, which in this area makes it the second place in the world after the Yucatan.

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is a department in Occitanie, in southwestern . It has a very low population density. Its economy is dominated by agriculture - mostly animal husbandry.

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is a department in the Occitanie region of . Located in the heart of southwestern France, it takes its name from the river, the Garonne, and its tributary, the Tarn.

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is a department in Occitanie, . Visitors come for caving and a variety of sports, such as skiing and kayaking. contains a part of the Cévennes National Park.

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is in the Occitanie region of . It is a little known area that stretches from in the west, to the Principality of in the south, and borders the and in the east.

Occitanie

Latitude of center
43.6488° or 43° 38′ 56″ north
Longitude of center
2.3436° or 2° 20′ 37″ east
Population
5,630,000
Elevation
160 metres (525 feet)
Inception
January 1st, 2016
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3925295241
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
11071623
Wiki­data ID
Q18678265
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Occitanie” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Oksitanië”
  • Albanian: “Ocitania”
  • Albanian: “Oksitania”
  • Arabic: “أوسيتاني”
  • Arabic: “أوكسيتاني”
  • Arabic: “أوكيتاني”
  • Arabic: “قسطانية”
  • Aragonese: “Occitania”
  • Armenian: “Օկսիտանիա”
  • Armenian: “Օքսիտանիա”
  • Asturian: “Occitania”
  • Asturian: “Occitània”
  • Asturian: “Occitanie”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lanqedok-Russillyon-Midi-Pirenei”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oksitaniya”
  • Balinese: “Oksitania (wawengkon administratip)”
  • Balinese: “Oksitania”
  • Basque: “Okzitania”
  • Belarusian: “Аксітанія (рэгіён)”
  • Belarusian: “Аксітанія”
  • Belarusian: “Аксытанія”
  • Belarusian: “Лангедок — Русільён — Поўдзень — Пірэнеі”
  • Belarusian: “рэгіён Аксітанія”
  • Bengali: “অক্সিতানি”
  • Breton: “Okitania”
  • Bulgarian: “Окситания”
  • Burmese: “အော့က်ဆီတာနီတိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Occitània”
  • Catalan: “Occitanie”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Occitània”
  • Cebuano: “Occitanie”
  • Chechen: “Окситани (регион)”
  • Chechen: “Окситани”
  • Chinese: “奥克西塔尼大区”
  • Chinese: “奧克西塔尼大區”
  • Chinese: “奧斯坦尼”
  • Chinese: “朗格多克-魯西永-南部-庇里牛斯”
  • Corsican: “Linguadoca è Russiglione è Meziornu è Pirenei”
  • Corsican: “Occitania”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Oksitaniya (region)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Oksitaniya”
  • Czech: “Okcitánie”
  • Danish: “Occitanie”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Occitanie”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Oksitanya”
  • Dutch: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • Dutch: “Occitanie”
  • Dutch: “Occitanië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوكسيتانيا (منطقة اداريه)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوكسيتانيا”
  • Esperanto: “Okcitanio”
  • Estonian: “Oksitaania (haldusüksus)”
  • Estonian: “Oksitaania”
  • Finnish: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • Finnish: “Oksitania”
  • French: “La région Occitanie”
  • French: “Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrénées”
  • French: “LRMP”
  • French: “Occitanie”
  • French: “Région Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • French: “Région Occitanie (Pyrénées-Méditerranée)”
  • French: “Région Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranee”
  • French: “Région Occitanie”
  • French: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées” (historical)
  • Galician: “Occitania”
  • German: “Occitanie”
  • German: “Okzitanien”
  • Greek: “Λανγκντόκ-Ρουσιγιόν-Μιντί-Πυρηναία”
  • Greek: “Οξιτανία”
  • Haitian: “Oksitani (rejyon administratif)”
  • Haitian: “Oksitani”
  • Hausa: “Occitanie”
  • Hebrew: “אוקסיטניה”
  • Hebrew: “לנגדוק-רוסיון-מידי-פירנה”
  • Hindi: “ओसीटानिया”
  • Hungarian: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • Hungarian: “LRMP”
  • Hungarian: “Occitanie”
  • Hungarian: “Okcitánia”
  • Hungarian: “Région Occitanie”
  • Icelandic: “Occitanie”
  • Indonesian: “Occitania”
  • Interlingue: “Occitanie”
  • Irish: “An Ocsatáin”
  • Irish: “Occitania”
  • Italian: “Linguadoca-Rossiglione-Midi-Pirenei” (historical)
  • Italian: “LRMP”
  • Italian: “Occitania”
  • Japanese: “オキシタニ”
  • Japanese: “オクシタニー地域圏”
  • Japanese: “オクシタニー地方”
  • Japanese: “オクシタニア地域圏”
  • Japanese: “オクシタニ州”
  • Kazakh: “Окситания (аймақ)”
  • Kazakh: “Окситания”
  • Korean: “랑그도크루시용미디피레네”
  • Korean: “옥시타니”
  • Kurdish: “Occitanie (herêm)”
  • Kurdish: “Occitanie”
  • Ladin: “Occitania”
  • Latin: “Linguadocia Ruscino Meridianum et Pyrenaei”
  • Latin: “Occitania”
  • Latvian: “Oksitānija”
  • Limburgan: “Occitanië”
  • Lithuanian: “Oksitanija (regionas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Oksitanija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • Luxembourgish: “Occitanie”
  • Macedonian: “Окситанија”
  • Maltese: “Occitanie”
  • Marathi: “ऑक्सितानी”
  • Mongolian: “Окситани (муж)”
  • Mongolian: “Окситани”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oksitaanien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Occitanie”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Occitanie”
  • Norwegian: “Occitanie”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lengadòc-Rosselhon-Miègjorn-Pirenèus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Occitania”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Occitània”
  • Ossetian: “Окситани (регион)”
  • Ossetian: “Окситани”
  • Persian: “اکسیتنی”
  • Persian: “لانگداک-روسیون-پیرنه میانه”
  • Picard: “Occitanie”
  • Piemontese: “Ocitània”
  • Polish: “Occitanie”
  • Polish: “Oksytania”
  • Portuguese: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • Portuguese: “Occitania”
  • Portuguese: “Occitânia”
  • Portuguese: “Occitanie”
  • Romanian: “Occitania”
  • Russian: “Лангедок - Руссильон - Юг - Пиренеи”
  • Russian: “Окситания”
  • Sardinian: “Otzitània (regione amministrativa)”
  • Sardinian: “Otzitània”
  • Scots: “Occitanie”
  • Serbian: “Окситанија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oksitanija (regija)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oksitanija”
  • Slovak: “Occitánia”
  • Slovenian: “Okcitanija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوکسیتانی”
  • Spanish: “Languedoc-Rosellon-Mediodia-Pirineos”
  • Spanish: “Languedoc-Rosellón-Mediodía-Pirineos”
  • Spanish: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrenees”
  • Spanish: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • Spanish: “Occitania”
  • Spanish: “Región de Occitania”
  • Swedish: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • Swedish: “Occitanie”
  • Swedish: “Occitanien”
  • Swiss German: “Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées”
  • Swiss German: “Occitanie”
  • Swiss German: “Region Okzitanie”
  • Tatar: “Окситания”
  • Thai: “แคว้นอ็อกซีตานี”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Region Okzitanien”
  • Turkish: “Occitanie”
  • Turkish: “Oksitanya”
  • Ukrainian: “Окситанія”
  • Urdu: “آکسیٹانیا”
  • Venetian: “Occitanie”
  • Venetian: “Ositània”
  • Venetian: “Rejoj de Ositània”
  • Vietnamese: “Occitanie”
  • Vlaams: “Occitanie”
  • Volapük: “Loxitän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Occitanie”
  • Welsh: “Ocsitania”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥克西塔尼大区”
  • Yue Chinese: “奧斯坦尼”
  • Zeeuws: “Occitanie”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Occitanie”. Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0.