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Occitanie

  • Former Administrative Regions: Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrenees
  • Type: Region of France

Occitanie is an administrative region in the south of France on the border with Spain and the Mediterranean Sea. The region is made up of thirteen departments Ariege, Aude, Aveyron, Gard, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrenees, Herault, Lot, Lozere, Pyrenees-Orientales, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. - AsNotedIn


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Aqueduct

Fortified Town

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Occitanie
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
Albi City
Departement du Tarn
Aniane Town
Aragnouet Village
Auch Town
Departement du Gers
Audressein Village
Belcastel, FR-OCC Village
Brion Village
Cahors Town
Canal du Midi Canal
Carcassonne, FR-OCC City
Castelnou Village
Cevennes Gorge Canyon, Gorge Gard (department), FR
Conques Village
Entraygues-sur-Truyere, FR-OCC Village
Espalion Town
Estaing Village
Figeac Town
Fosse Village
Gavarnie-Gedre Village
Hautes-Pyrenees
Gorges de l'Ardeche Canyon, Gorge Ardeche (department), FR Gard (department), FR
Grealou Village
Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park Natural Environ
Jezeau Village
La Couvertoirade Town
La Romieu Village
La Roque-sur-Ceze Village
Laguiole City
Larressingle Village
Departement du Gers
Lauzerte Town
Le Malzieu-Ville Village
Lourdes Town
Hautes-Pyrenees
Mansencome Village
Millau Town
Moissac Town
Tarn-et-Garonne
Mont-Louis, Pyrenees-Orientales Village
Pyrenees-Orientales, FR
Montclus Village
Montpellier, FR City
Nimes City
Gard (department), FR
Ourdis-Cotdoussan Hamlet
Parc Naturel Regional des Pyrenees Ariegeoises Natural Environ
Pyrenees - Mont Perdu Mountainous
Rabastens Town
Rocamadour Village
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Village
Saint-Chely-d'Aubrac Village
Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert Village
Saint-Lizier Town
Sainte-Enimie Village
Sete Town
Tarn Gorge Canyon, Gorge
The Causses and the Cevennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape Cultural Area
Toulouse City
Valcabrere Village
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, FR-OCC Town
Gard (department), FR
Villefranche-de-Conflent, FR Village

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1805/00/00 Maximilian Godefroy Refugee After imprisonment in the fortress of Bellegarde (above the town of Le Perthus in Pyrenees-Orientales) as an anti-Bonaparte activist, Godefroy is exiled from France by Napoleon and migrates to the United States.
1927/05/00 Pauline Pfeiffer Bride Pauline Pfeiffer marries Ernest Hemingway. They honeymoon Le Grau-du-Roi in southern France. Marriage of Pauline Pfeiffer and Ernest Hemingway
1927/05/00 Ernest Hemingway Groom Pauline Pfeiffer marries Ernest Hemingway. They honeymoon Le Grau-du-Roi in southern France. Marriage of Pauline Pfeiffer and Ernest Hemingway

Eat and Drink »

FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
Aveyron Lamb Meat Aveyron is a department located in the north of the Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrenees region of southern France
Banyuls AOC Wine Banyuls wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Banyuls Grand Cru AOC Wine Banyuls Grand Cru wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Blanquette de Limoux AOC Wine Blanquette de Limoux wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Blanquette methode ancestrale AOC Wine Blanquette methode ancestrale wine is from Languedoc.
Bleu des Causses Cheese
Cabardes AOC Wine Cabardes wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Cabecou Cheese
Cazelle de Saint Affrique Cheese
Clairette de Bellegarde AOC Wine Clairette de Bellegarde wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Clairette du Languedoc AOC Wine Clairette du Languedoc wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Collioure Anchovy Fish Collioure, in the Pyrenees-Orientales department, may have the best anchovies in the world.
Collioure AOC Wine Collioure wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Corbieres AOC Wine Corbieres wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Coteaux du Languedoc AOC Wine Coteaux du Languedoc wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Cotes de la Malepere AOC Wine Cotes de la Malepere wine is from Languedoc.
Cotes du Roussillon AOC Wine Cotes du Roussillon wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Cotes du Roussillon Villages AOC Wine Cotes du Roussillon Villages wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Cremant de Limoux AOC Wine Cremant de Limoux wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Faugeres AOC Wine Faugeres wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Fitou AOC Wine Fitou wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Frontignan AOC Wine Frontignan wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Grand Roussillon AOC Wine Grand Roussillon wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Limoux AOC Wine Limoux wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Maury AOC Wine Maury wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Minervois AOC Wine Minervois wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Minervois-La Liviniere AOC Wine Minervois-La Liviniere wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Muscat de Frontignan AOC Wine Muscat de Frontignan wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Muscat de Lunel AOC Wine Muscat de Lunel wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Muscat de Mireval AOC Wine Muscat de Mireval wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC Wine Muscat de Rivesaltes wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Muscat de Saint-Jean de Minervois AOC Wine Muscat de Saint-Jean de Minervois wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Pelardon Cheese
Rivesaltes AOC Wine Rivesaltes wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Rocamadour Cheese
Roquefort Cheese
Saint-Chinian AOC Wine Saint-Chinian wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon.
Toulouse Goose Bird



Geography »

Physiographic FeaturesTypeAsNotedIn
Gorges de l'Ardeche Canyon, Gorge
Monte Perdido
The Causses and the Cevennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape Cultural Area
The Gavarnie Cirque Cirque

Data »

Particulars for Occitanie:
Locale type Region of France



Vicinage »

VicinageTypeAsNotedIn
Departement du Gers Department of France
Departement du Tarn Department of France
Gard (department), FR Department of France
Hautes-Pyrenees Department of France
Pyrenees-Orientales, FR Department of France
Tarn-et-Garonne Department of France

Themes »
ThemeAsNotedIn
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book (short story) Short Story
M R James St Bertrand de Comminges is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees, not very far from Toulouse, and still nearer to Bagneres-de-Luchon. In the spring of 1883 an Englishman comes specially from Toulouse to see St Bertrand's Church.
The Beautiful Troublemaker Film Jacques Rivette Filmed in Assas, Herault, France (just N of Montpellier), "The Beautiful Troublemaker" inspires artist Frenhofer to create a masterpiece.
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (short story) Short Story Edgar Allan Poe DURING the autumn of 18--, while on a tour through the extreme southern provinces of France, my route led me within a few miles of a certain Maison de Sante or private mad-house, about which I had heard much in Paris from my medical friends.
Vagabond Film Agnes Varda Vagabond is set in Languedoc-Roussillon wine region in the south of France, winter, filmed near Vendargues, Herault

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