Languedoc-Roussillon

The name of the province of Languedoc originates from the language spoken in southern France, langue d'oc, also known as Occitan, and Roussillon, an area in the South of present-day Languedoc-Roussillon.

The Languedoc-Roussillon region has an area of 27,376 km² (10,570 sq mi). It bordered to the south with Spain and Andorra; to the east is the Mediterranean Sea (the Gulf of Lion). It also bordered four French regions: Midi-Pyrénées to the west, Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes to the north, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) to the northeast.

The highest point in Languedoc-Roussillon is Pic Carlit (42°34′11″N 01°55′55″E / 42.56972°N 1.93194°E / 42.56972; 1.93194 (Pic Carlit)) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department; it is 2,921 m (9,583 ft) high.^[2]

The Languedoc-Roussillon region is formed by five departments:

The Languedoc-Roussillon region has a population, in 2012, of 2,700,266,^[4] for a population density of 98.6 inhabitants/km².

The 10 most important cities in the region are:

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  Vinça and the Canigou mountain
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  Les Joutes de la Saint-Louis 2005, Sète
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  Pont du Gard
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  Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert abbey

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Languedoc-Roussillon.

• Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon official website (in French)
• Tourism in Languedoc-Roussillon^{[permanent dead link]}