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17.9% of Languedoc-Roussillon was formerly the province of Gévaudan, now the department of Lozère. A small part of the former Gévaudan lies inside the current Auvergne region. Gévaudan is often considered to be a sub-province inside the province of Languedoc, in which case Languedoc would account for 86.6% of Languedoc-Roussillon.
Roussillon (UK: / ˈ r uː s i j ɒ n / ROO-see-yon, [1] US: / ˌ r uː s i ˈ j oʊ n / ROO-see-YOHN, [2] French: ⓘ; Catalan: Rosselló ⓘ, locally; Occitan: Rosselhon) was a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia.
Français : Carte administrative vierge de la région Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, France, destinée à la géolocalisation. Projection "Géoportail" (projection équirectangulaire à la latitude de référence 46.5° Nord)
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Île-de-France: Île-de-France: 11 Paris: Province of Île-de-France and parts of the former province of Champagne: Languedoc-Roussillon: Languedoc-Roussillon: Occitan: Lengadòc-Rosselhon Catalan: Llenguadoc-Rosselló: 91 Montpellier: Former provinces of Languedoc and Roussillon: Limousin: Limousin: Occitan: Lemosin: 74 Limoges
The Corbières are a mountain region in the Languedoc-Roussillon in southeastern France, located in the departements of Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales. The river Aude borders the Corbières to the west and north, and the river Agly more or less to the south. The eastern border is the Mediterranean Sea.
The term Languedoc originated to describe a cultural region that was not necessarily politically unified. After the decline of the Carolingian Empire political rule fragmented into small territorial divisions. [1] King John of England lost his holdings in northern Languedoc to Philip II of France. He visited the region in 1214 seeking the ...