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{{Infobox French region
|Name = Occitania
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|capital = [[Toulouse]]
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|area = 72724
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|population = 5626858
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|pop_date = 2012
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|leader = [[Carole Delga]]
|leader_party = [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]
|ruling_party1 = [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]
|departments = 13
|dept1 = [[Ariège (department)|Ariège]]
|dept2 = [[Aude]]
|dept3 = [[Aveyron]]
|dept4 = [[Gard]]
|dept5 = [[Gers]]
|dept6 = [[Haute-Garonne]]
|dept7 = [[Hautes-Pyrénées]]
|dept8 = [[Hérault]]
|dept9 = [[Lot (department)|Lot]]
|dept10 = [[Lozère]]
|dept11 = [[Pyrénées-Orientales]]
|dept12 = [[Tarn (department)|Tarn]]
|dept13 = [[Tarn-et-Garonne]]
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'''Occitania''' is a [[Regions of France|region of France]] that was created on 1 January 2016 from former French regions [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] and [[Midi-Pyrénées]]. It was initially given the temporary name "''Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées''"; on 24 June 2016, the regional assembly in Toulouse adopted the name '''''Région Occitanie''''', with the long-form '''''Région Occitanie (Pyrénées-Méditerranée)''''', as the name of the region.<ref>http://www.regionlrmp.fr/le-nom-de-ma-region</ref> The name adopted by the regional council must be approved by the [[Conseil d'Etat (France)|Council of State]] by 1 October 2016, before the name can become official.
The new region covers an area of more than {{convert|72724|km2|abbr=on}} with a population of 5,626,858.<ref name="Population">{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/recensement/populations-legales/france-regions.asp?annee=2012|title=Insee - Populations légales 2012 - Populations légales 2012 des régions|work=[[Insee]]|accessdate=16 January 2015}}</ref>
==Toponymy==
As the [[working title|provisional name]] of the new region, the text of the law specified the [[hyphenated name|hyphenated]] names of the region's predecessors, [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] and [[Midi-Pyrénées]], in alphabetical order. As for most of the merged regions, a permanent name was proposed by the new [[Regional council (France)|regional council]];<ref>[http://france3-regions.blog.francetvinfo.fr/le-blog-de-viure-al-pais-france3/2016/06/04/nom-region-lrmp-quelques-jours-pour-se-mobiliser-des-decennies-pour-durer.html Nom région LRMP : quelques jours pour se mobiliser, des décennies pour durer ! ]</ref><ref>[http://france3-regions.blog.francetvinfo.fr/midi-pyrenees-politiques-france3/2016/06/17/nom-region-lrmp-occitanie-cest-valide-carole-delga-soccupe-des-catalans.html Nom Région LRMP]</ref> it will be confirmed by the [[Conseil d'Etat (France)|Conseil d'Etat]] by 1 October 2016.<ref name="reform law" /> The proposed name, Occitania, comes from the historical name of the broader region, which refers to the historic use of the Occitan language and its various dialects in the region, named for the use of the word "''òc''" as the equivalent of "yes."
Before being enacted in 2014, the territorial reform of the regions has been subject to debate for many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/carte-departements/|title=Résultats élections Régionales 2015|date=14 December 2015|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|publisher=[[Le Monde]]|language=French|accessdate=14 December 2015}}</ref> A permanent name will be assigned by 1 October 2016 upon proposal of the region's new [[Regional council (France)|regional council]];<ref name="reform law">{{cite French law|number or usual name=n° 2015-29|date in French=16 janvier 2015|full name=relative à la délimitation des régions, aux élections régionales et départementales et modifiant le calendrier électoral|language=French|lower case=|URL=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=9FECBA9D9314D1D2C093CF793C886ED5.tpdila21v_1?idSectionTA=JORFSCTA000030109623&cidTexte=JORFTEXT000030109622&dateTexte=29990101}}</ref> after a lengthy public consultation, the council has adopted that the name '''Occitania''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Occitanie''; [[Occitan language|Occitan]]: ''Occitània''), which corresponds to the name of the [[Occitania|historical region]] that included most of the new region's territory, be chosen.<ref>http://www.regionlrmp.fr/le-nom-de-ma-region</ref>
[[Image:Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées et provinces.svg|thumb|center|upright=2|Map of the new region with its thirteen départements, colored according to the [[Provinces of France|historical provinces]] as they existed until [[French Revolution|1790]].
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{{legend|#e1c44a|[[Languedoc]]}}
{{legend|#84b7ca|[[Guyenne]] and [[Gascony]]}}
{{legend|#efb3c7|[[Comté de Foix]]}}
{{legend|#a3d283|[[Roussillon]]}}
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== Major communities ==
* [[Toulouse]] (458,298; region prefecture)
* [[Montpellier]] (272,084)
* [[Nîmes]] (150,564)
* [[Perpignan]] (120,959)
* [[Béziers]] (74,811)
* [[Montauban]] (57,921)
== See also ==
* [[Languedoc-Roussillon]]
* [[Midi-Pyrénées]]
* [[Regions of France]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/languedoc-roussillon/2014/11/26/midi-pyrenees-languedoc-roussillon-les-futurs-super-pouvoirs-de-la-grande-region-600602.html Merger of the regions - France 3]
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