Occitania

Administrative region of France

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2022 Region reaches a population of 6,080,731 inhabitants.
2021 Occitania reached a population of 6,022,176 inhabitants.
November 2019 Unspecified political activities began throughout Occitania.
2018 Occitania administrative region reported a gross domestic product of 171.2 billion euros, representing 7.3% of French economic output.
2018 Occitania reported a gross domestic product (GDP) of 171.2 billion euros, representing 7.3% of France's total economic output. The region's GDP per capita (adjusted for purchasing power) was 26,000 euros, which is 86% of the EU27 average.
September 30 2016 The name Occitania officially came into effect for the new administrative region.
September 28 2016 The Council of State officially approved 'Occitania' as the new name for the administrative region.
January 1 2016 Creation of the Occitania administrative region through the merger of the former regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées.
2014 The movement Bastir! ran in municipal elections for the first time and won 55 seats.
2010 The Occitan Party elected representatives to five regional councils in the French regional elections, including Dàvid Grosclaude in Aquitaine, Guilhem Latrubesse in Midi-Pyrénées, Gustau Aliròl in Auvergne, Anne-Marie Hautant and Hervé Guerrera in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

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