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Languedoc-Roussillon

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Région Languedoc-Roussillon
Blason du Languedoc-Roussillon
Détails
Information
Capital:Montpellier
Population
 - Total
 - Density

2 295 648 (1999)
84 /km²
Area27 376 km²
Arrondissements14
Cantons186
Communes1 545
President of the
regional council
Georges Frêche
Départements
Aude (11)
Gard (30)
Hérault (34)
Lozère (48)
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Location
Localisation du Languedoc-Roussillon en France

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.


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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