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MIDI-PYRENEES

      

        


Ariege
Saint-Girons

Aveyron
Conques

Gers

Haute-Garonne
Toulouse

Hautes-Pyrenees
Lourdes

Lot
Rocamadour
Souillac

Tarn
Albi
Lacaune-Les-Bains

Tarn-et-Garonne
      

Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, 
larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.

Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity. 

It is one of the regions of France created artificially in the late 20th century to serve 
as an hinterland and zone of influence for its capital, Toulouse, one of a handful of so-called 
"balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre)¹. 

Another example of this is the region of Rhône-Alpes which was created as the region for Lyon.

The name chosen for the new region was decided by the French central government 
without reference to the historical provinces (too many of them inside the region) and 
based purely on geography: Midi (i.e. "southern regions") - Pyrénées 
(Pyrénées mountains that are the southern limit of the region). 

The French adjective and name of the inhabitants of the region is: Midi-Pyrénéen.

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REGIONS OF FRANCE

Alsace
Aquitaine
Auvergne
Brittany
Burgundy
Centre
Champagne-Ardenne
Corsica
Franche-Comte
Ile-de-France
Languedoc-Roussillon
Limousin
Lorraine
Lower Normandy
Midi-Pyrenees
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Overseas
Pays de la Loire
Picardie
Poitou-Charentes
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Rhone-Alpes
Upper Normandy

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