Languedoc-Roussillon - Definition and Overview

Région Languedoc-Roussillon
Détails
Information
Capital:	Montpellier
Population - Total - Density	2,295,648 (1999 census) 2,458,000 (1.1.2004 estimates) 84 /km²
Area	27 376 km²
Arrondissements	14
Cantons	186
Communes	1 545
President of the regional council	Georges Frêche
Départements
Aude (11) Gard (30) Hérault (34) Lozère (48) Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Location

Languedoc-Roussillon is an administrative région of France. The name derives from two historical regions and former Provinces of France: Languedoc, and Roussillon, to which the modern région somewhat corresponds. This region's history is involved with the Albigensian Crusade.

Regions of France
Alsace \| Aquitaine \| Auvergne \| Lower Normandy \| Burgundy \| Brittany \| Centre \| Champagne-Ardenne \| Corsica \| Franche-Comté \| Upper Normandy \| Île-de-France \| Languedoc-Roussillon \| Limousin \| Lorraine \| Midi-Pyrénées \| Nord-Pas-de-Calais \| Loire Region \| Picardy \| Poitou-Charentes \| Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur \| Rhône-Alpes
Overseas Departments
Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| French Guiana \| Réunion

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