Place:Midi-Pyrénées, France

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NameMidi-Pyrénées
Alt namesMidi-Pyrénéessource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Mieidia-Pirenèussource: Wikipedia
Miègjorn-Pirenèussource: Wikipedia
TypeRégion
Coordinates43.5°N 1.333°E
Located inFrance
Contained Places
Arrondissement
Auch Gers
Condom Gers
Lectoure Gers
Mirande Gers
Muret Haute-Garonne
Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne
Toulouse Haute-Garonne
Département
Ariège
Aveyron
Gers
Haute-Garonne
Hautes-Pyrénées
Lot
Tarn
Tarn-et-Garonne
General region
Lomagne
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Midi-Pyrénées (; or  ; ) is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Occitania. It was the largest region of Metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.

Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity. It is one of the regions of France created in the late 20th century to serve as a hinterland and zone of influence for its capital, Toulouse, one of a handful of so-called "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre). Another example of this is the region of Rhône-Alpes which was created as the region for Lyon.

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