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The Province of Languedoc (/ ˌ l ɒ̃ ɡ (ə) ˈ d ɒ k /, French: [lɑ̃ɡ(ə)dɔk], locally [lãᵑɡəˈdɔk]; Occitan: Lengadòc [ˌleŋɡɔˈðɔ(k)]) is a former province of France. Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of ...
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68.7% of Languedoc-Roussillon was formerly part the province of Languedoc: the departments of Hérault, Gard, Aude, the extreme south and extreme east of Lozère, and the extreme north of Pyrénées-Orientales. The former province of Languedoc also extends over what is now the Midi-Pyrénées region, including the old capital of Languedoc Toulouse.
Date: 2 February 2014, 16:06:35: Source: Gouvernements généraux de Languedoc, de Foix et de Roussillon, Robert de Vaugondy.. Derivative works of this file: Blank Map of Lozère Department, France, with Communes.svg by Poulpy Derivative works of this file: Blank Map of Haute-Loire Department, France, with Communes.svg by Poulpy Derivative works of this file: Blank Map of Ardèche Department ...
Free County of Burgundy (Franche-Comté) 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 ...
The County of Foix [32] is an old French county created out of the County of Carcassonne in around 1050 [32] for Bernard Roger, [32] son of Roger I of Carcassonna. [32] In 1398, the county passed to House of Grailly [32] and, in 1458, King Charles VII of France raised it to the Peerage of France in favor of Gaston IV, Count of Foix. [33]
Modern France is the result of centuries of nation building and the acquisition and incorporation of a number of historical provinces into the French domain. The names of these provinces are still used to designate natural, historical and cultural regions, and many of them appear in modern région or département names.
The city of Mauguio has a rich history, since in the Middle Ages, it was the first Melgueil medieval city of Lower Languedoc, where the origin of the name of its inhabitants: the Melgoriens. Mauguio is also home to one of the largest Spanish communities in France.